Princess Theatre
The Princess Theatre, originally Princess's Theatre, is a 1452-seat theatre in Melbourne, 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.Photo: Donaldytong, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- 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 Melbourne Southern Cross and Parliament railway station.
Melbourne Southern Cross
Photo: Xb-70, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Melbourne's Southern Cross Station is not just the main station of Melbourne, but where the entire Victorian rail network comes together. It's at the western edge of Melbourne CBD, with plenty tram, suburban and regional connections, in addition to a coach terminal.
Parliament railway station
Railway station
Photo: teknorat, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Royal Exhibition Building
The Royal Exhibition Building is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed building in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, built in 1879–1880 as part of the international exhibition movement, which presented over 50 exhibitions between 1851 and 1915 around the globe. Royal Exhibition Building is situated 680 metres north of Princess Theatre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chinatown and CBD.
Chinatown
Neighborhood
Photo: Sgroey, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chinatown is an ethnic enclave in the central business district of Melbourne, 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.
CBD
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The central business district of Melbourne is the city's cultural, entertainment and financial heart. Locally called the CBD, or simply "the City", it is where most international and interstate visitors spend the bulk of their time.
Melbourne
Photo: Scott Cresswell, CC BY 2.0.
Melbourne 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
- Categories: movie theater, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-37.81071° or 37° 48′ 39″ southLongitude
144.97233° or 144° 58′ 20″ eastElevation
75 metres (246 feet)Operator
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4RJ65XQC+PWOpenStreetMap ID
way 46194494OpenStreetMap feature
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wheelchair=limited
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Princess Theatre” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “公主剧院”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مسرح الاميره”
- French: “Princess Theatre”
- German: “Princess Theatre”
- Japanese: “プリンセス・シアター”
- Japanese: “プリンセス劇場”
- Spanish: “Princess Theatre”
- Spanish: “Teatro Princess”
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