Rotterdamse Schouwburg is a theatre in

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , ; ; ) is the second-largest List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city in the Netherlands after the national capital of Amsterdam. It is in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, part of the North S ...

The Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

. The first theatre was constructed in 1773–1774. It was replaced by a second structure in stone in 1852.Theaters in Nederland sinds de zeventiende eeuw. Redactie Bob Logger, Eric Alexander, Menso Carpentier Alting, Nico van der Krogt, Nathalie Wevers. Theater Instituut Nederland, 2007 A third building was inaugurated in 1887. The third Rotterdamse Schouwburg was destroyed during the

German bombing of Rotterdam In 1940, Rotterdam was subjected to heavy aerial bombardment by the ''Luftwaffe'' during the German invasion of the Netherlands during the Second World War. The objective was to support the German troops fighting in the city, break Dutch resi ...

in 1940. The present building of the Rotterdamse Schouwburg was inaugurated in 1988.

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