Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Bayreuth, Germany

The Margravial Opera House is a Baroque opera house in the town of Bayreuth, Germany. Built between 1745 and 1750, it is one of Europe's few surviving theatres of the period and has been extensively restored. On 30 June 2012, the opera house was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List because of its exceptional Baroque architecture.

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The Bayreuth Synagogue is the house of prayer of the Jewish Community in the Upper Franconian district capital of Bayreuth. It is located at Münzgasse 2, based on the Margravial Opera House. The baroque house is the oldest synagogue in Germany that is still in use according to its intended purpose.

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Iwalewahaus, University of Bayreuth, is a place for the production and presentation of contemporary art. By doing exhibitions, academic research and teaching, by taking care of the collection and the archive as well as providing residencies for artists, recent developments in contemporary African and Diaspora culture are presented and refined together with artists and institutions. The mission of Iwalewahaus is to research, document and teach recent African culture. The focus is on visual arts, everyday culture, the media and music. The house provides space for lectures, conferences, concerts, film screenings and readings and is a vivid forum for artists, researchers, students of African studies and the interested public.

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The Bayreuth Castle Church in the building ensemble of the Old Palace in Bayreuth is a hall church in the Bayreuth Rococo style. It was built from 1753 to 1758 on behalf of the margrave couple Wilhelmine and Friedrich III as a Lutheran castle and burial church. The plans were drawn up by court architect Joseph Saint-Pierre, the ornate ceiling stucco work by Giovanni Battista Pedrozzi. Since 1813, the castle church has been a Catholic parish church with the patronage of Our Lady.

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The Kunstmuseum Bayreuth is a museum for modern art, opened in 1999 in Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany. The historic rooms of the baroque former town hall present exhibitions with contemporary art and classical modern art. The offer includes guided tours, educational events and lectures.

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The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity in Bayreuth is a three-aisled Protestant basilica in the late Gothic style and the largest church in the city. The predecessor building, dedicated to Saint Magdalene, a daughter church of St. Nicholas Church in Altenstadt, was destroyed in a city fire in 1605. In 1611, the reconstruction of the church began, and on the first Sunday of Advent in 1614 it was consecrated to the Holy Trinity.

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The Ellrodt Garden Portico is an important ensemble of buildings and gardens in Bayreuth in terms of art history and urban design.

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The hospital church in Bayreuth is located in the city center on Maximiliansstrasse, a street market. It belongs to the Margrave Churches, is Evangelical Lutheran and is managed by the city as part of the hospital foundation. The name -giving former hospital, in which apartments and the city archive are housed, borders directly.

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