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in 1849 officially declared the theater a "shame of art," and ordered it to be demolished forthwith. However, the demolition was not immediate; the theater reopened in 1850, only to be closed again between 1852 and 1857. Finally demolished in 1859, its existence is commemorated by a small plaque
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