page_title: Cuvilliés Theatre
section_title: Architecture
hierarchical_section_title: Cuvilliés Theatre / Architecture
caption_attribution_description: English: Inside of the Cuvilliés-theatre in Munich, Bavaria, Germany
context_page_description: The Cuvilliés Theatre or Old Residence Theatre is the former court theatre of the Residenz in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
context_section_description: The theatre space is decorated in red and gold. The four floors, each with 14 loges enclose the ground floor in the shape of a horseshoe.
  Particularly noteworthy is the Electoral loge opposite the stage that extends from the second to third tier. It is supported by two figures of Atlas, which form the entrance. Above them are caryatids supporting the next level. Contemporary society division is reflected in the different features of different ranks: The Electoral loge is the artistic center of the room. The adjoining boxes in the first place, which was to be followed by the nobility, after and are richly decorated. This ornament is the second and third rank reduced gradually, where the gentry and the court officials took place. The relatively simply furnished ground floor was reserved for the urban aristocracy.
caption: Interior of the Cuvilliés Theatre, 2009
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