Canton of Zurich
Zürich District
Zurich

Cabaret Voltaire

Cabaret Voltaire is the birthplace of the Dada art movement, founded in , Switzerland, in 1916. It was founded by Hugo Ball and Emmy Hennings as a cabaret intended for artistic and political purposes.
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  • Type: Arts center
  • Description: Club and cultural space in Zurich, Switzerland; birthplace of the Dada art movement
  • Also known as: “cabaret voltaire” and “Cabaret Voltaire: the Dada House”
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Grossmünster and town hall.

Church
Photo: Kreecher, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a Romanesque-style Protestant church in , . It is one of the four major churches in the city. Its congregation forms part of the Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Zurich. is situated 170 metres south of Cabaret Voltaire.

Public building
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The Rathaus in , is Zurich's . The Rathaus was built from 1694–1698. It served as the seat of government and administration of the Republic of Zurich until 1798.

Government building
Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a government building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Altstadt and Niederdorf.

Suburb
The in the city of encompasses the area of the entire historical city before 1893, before the incorporation of what are now districts 2 to 12 into the municipality, over the period 1893 to 1934.

Locality
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is a locality.

Locality
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is a residential district in , Switzerland, located on the eastern slope of the , one of the oldest parts of the Helvetii Oppidum Zurich-Lindenhof, by the river .

Cabaret Voltaire

Latitude
47.37161° or 47° 22′ 18″ north
Longitude
8.54393° or 8° 32′ 38″ east
Inception
1916
Open location code
8FVC9GCV+JH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 370843530
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­arts_centre
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q661745
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Cabaret Voltaire” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Կաբարե Վոլտեր”
  • Basque: “Cabaret Voltaire”
  • Breton: “Cabaret Voltaire”
  • Catalan: “Cabaret Voltaire”
  • Chinese: “伏尔泰酒馆”
  • Czech: “Cabaret Voltaire”
  • Czech: “Kabaret Voltaire”
  • Danish: “Cabaret Voltaire”
  • Dutch: “Cabaret Voltaire”
  • French: “Cabaret Voltaire”
  • German: “Cabaret Voltaire”
  • Hebrew: “קברט וולטר”
  • Hungarian: “Cabaret Voltaire”
  • Italian: “Cabaret Voltaire”
  • Japanese: “キャバレー・ヴォルテール”
  • Korean: “카바레 볼테르”
  • Persian: “کاباره ولتر”
  • Polish: “Cabaret Voltaire”
  • Portuguese: “Cabaret Voltaire”
  • Russian: “Кабаре Вольтер”
  • Serbian: “Кабаре Волтер”
  • Spanish: “Cabaret Voltaire”
  • Swedish: “Cabaret Voltaire”
  • Swiss German: “Cabaret Voltaire”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Cabaret Voltaire”
  • Turkish: “Cabaret Voltaire”
  • Ukrainian: “Кабаре Вольтер”

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Highlights include Café & Conditorei 1842 and Mauerbrunnen.

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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 “Cabaret Voltaire”. Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.