Croatian National Theatre

The Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb typically known as HNK Zagreb, is a theatre, opera and ballet house placed in Zagreb. The theatre advanced out of the first city theatre constructed in 1836 housed in the gift day Old City Hall. The theatre became first installed because the Croatian National Theatre in 1860, and in 1861 it gained authorities help setting it on par with many other European national theatres. In 1870 an opera corporation changed into brought to the theatre and in 1895 it moved to the new purpose-constructed constructing on Republic of Croatia Square in Zagreb's Lower Town, in which it's miles based totally nowadays.

Austro-Hungarian emperor Franz Joseph I was at the unveiling of this new constructing in the course of his go to to the metropolis in 1895. The constructing itself turned into the venture of famed Viennese architects Ferdinand Fellner and Herman Helmer, whose company had built several theatres in Vienna. Celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of the building were hung on October 14, 1995. At the doorway of the theatre is placed the wall fountain The Source of Life designed through Croatian artist and sculptor Ivan Mestrovic in 1905.