The rotatable auditorium will probably remain permanently in the palace garden

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10.01.2015 09:30

Czech Krumlov - The revolving auditorium in Czech Krumlov will likely remain in the castle garden. It will remain unchanged until 2017, after which an architectural competition will determine the future form of the stage. The UNESCO committee recommended relocating the stage outside the castle complex, but it also accepts a solution with the auditorium inside the garden. This was stated today by Minister of Culture Daniel Herman (KDU-ČSL) after a meeting of the special committee.
He added that the attitude of the UNESCO committee was decisive. "We are currently addressing what form the auditorium will take. In accordance with the decision of the South Bohemian Region, a requested architectural competition for the new auditorium will be announced," said Herman. Construction work is expected to start in 2016. The type of revolving stage will also emerge from the architectural competition. Several options remain on the table. "It could be a removable auditorium. There is also the possibility of a certain offset from the baroque axis, which would mean that the auditorium would not have to be removable. And there is also the possibility of a retractable stage," Herman stated.
Naděžda Goryczková, director of the National Heritage Institute, which oversees the Czech Krumlov Castle, indicated that the Czech side respects UNESCO's recommendations. "And it did not categorically exclude the placement of the revolving stage in the garden," she said. According to her, the architectural competition will also consider the option of moving the stage away from the adjacent Bellarie lodge.
The State Castle and Chateau of Czech Krumlov, along with the town center, has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1992. Currently, UNESCO recognizes about a thousand sites with this status. More than 1,500 other monuments are seeking inclusion on this list. Heritage officials have been working for many years to remove the revolving auditorium from the Czech Krumlov garden. The former leadership of the Ministry of Culture promised UNESCO that the stage would be removed by 2015.
The revolving auditorium is owned by the city of České Budějovice. The South Bohemian Theatre performs its shows in front of it every summer. Over 55 years, more than two million viewers have attended performances in front of the revolving stage.

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