Théâtre Royal de La Monnaie (City of Brussels)

Belgium / Brussel / Brussels / City of Brussels / Place de la Monnaie / Muntplein, 5
 theatre, listed building / architectural heritage, 1850s construction
This theatre was refitted in July 2007 with 50 point hoists lifting capacity 250kg, 22 flying bars with a 500kg capacity and 1 flying bar, 750kg capacity. All the pieces can move at 1500mm/Second.
There's an exhaustive description of the history at the wikipedia link.
Also check website www.lamonnaie.be/demunt-1.0/index.jsp?language=EN
La Monnaie's role in the fight for independence from the Dutch is celebrated on Aug 15th with a huge weekend of festivities.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Monnaie
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Coordinates:   50°50'58"N   4°21'15"E