Fort Antoine was built by Prince Antoine I in 1714, during the War of the Spanish Succession, on the north-eastern point of the Rock, with underground barracks and a cistern. The Germans used it as a munitions depot after 1943 and blew it up as they retreated on 3 September 1944; Prince Rainier III had it rebuilt in 1953, and since 1970 it has been an open-air theatre for summer plays and concerts, its bartizan and pyramid of cannonballs framed by pittosporum hedges.
The building
Avenue de La Quarantaine, La Condamine, Monaco – facts from the open sources, each with its source.
Facts
- Address
- Avenue de La Quarantaine
- Built
- 1714; rebuilt 1953Metro Mode
- Footprint
- 519 m²OpenStreetMap
- Built as
- FortressMetro Mode
- Commissioned by
- Prince Antoine IMetro Mode
- Quartier
- La Condamine
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- International School Of Monacoline 1, line 6 · 2 min on foot
- Beach
- Plage du Solarium1 min on foot
- Port
- port Hercule4 min on foot
- From the Casino
- 12 min on footestimate, with the stairs and lifts
- From the Palais
- 12 min on footestimate, with the stairs and lifts
On the map
Fort Antoine Theatre, its outline lit, on Avenue de La Quarantaine.
Building outlines and heights © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
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Its own link and its own card – for a message, a story or a plan for the evening.
Sources
Building outline, height, floors, use and address: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0.
Wikidata (CC0) and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); the photograph from Wikimedia Commons under its own licence.
Buses: Compagnie des Autobus de Monaco GTFS (Licence Ouverte 2.0).
Wikipedia (en): Fort Antoine Theatre
Photo: MSzybalski / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Official website theatrefortantoine.com