Czech Republic Guide
South Moravia
Mahenovo divadlo
One of Brno's finest late nineteenth-century buildings, the Mahenovo divadlo, a forthright structure designed by Helmer and Fellner, exudes the municipal confidence of its original German patrons with its Corinthian columns and pediment. Its insides are smothered in gold sculpturing and glittering chandeliers, and it had the distinction of being the first theatre in the Austro-Hungarian Empire to be fitted with electric light bulbs.