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Princess Theatre

The Princess Theatre, originally Princess's Theatre, is a 1452-seat theatre in , Victoria, Australia. Established in 1854 and rebuilt in 1886 to a design by noted Melbourne architect William Pitt, it is the oldest surviving entertainment site on mainland Australia.
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  • Type: Theater building
  • Description: theater in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • Also known as: “New Princess Theatre” and “Princess Theatre, Melbourne”
  • Address: 163 Spring Street, Melbourne, 3000
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Parliament railway station and Royal Exhibition Building.

Railway station
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Parliament station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Burnley, Caulfield, Clifton Hill and Northern group lines, which are part of the Melbourne rail network.

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The is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed building in , Victoria, , built in 1879–1880 as part of the international exhibition movement, which presented over 50 exhibitions between 1851 and 1915 around the globe. is situated 680 metres north of Princess Theatre.

Government office
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is the meeting place of the Parliament of Victoria, one of the eight parliaments of the Australian states and territories. Located on Spring Street on the edge of the Hoddle Grid, the grand colonnaded front dominates the vista up Bourke Street. is situated 130 metres east of Princess Theatre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chinatown and CBD.

Neighborhood
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is an ethnic enclave in the of , Victoria, Australia. Centred at the eastern end of Little Bourke Street, it extends between the corners of Swanston and Spring streets, and consists of numerous laneways, alleys and arcades.

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The central business district of is the city's cultural, entertainment and financial heart. Locally called the , or simply "the City", it is where most international and interstate visitors spend the bulk of their time.

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is Australia's cultural capital and second biggest city, with Victorian-era architecture, extensive shopping, museums, galleries, theatres, and large parks and gardens.

Princess Theatre

Latitude
-37.81071° or 37° 48′ 39″ south
Longitude
144.97233° or 144° 58′ 20″ east
Elevation
75 metres (246 feet)
Operator
Marriner Group
Open location code
4RJ65XQC+PW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 46194494
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­theatre
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
12746586
Wiki­data ID
Q7244850
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Princess Theatre”. Photo: Donaldytong, CC BY-SA 3.0.