Le Manège, Reims – France History In 1880 the city youth asked for an equestrian riding school to be build. Several years later the Lord Mayor Édouard Werlé (1801-1884) took this idea and took it to the next level. He created the concept with a combination of a gymnasium, riding school and permanent circus. He …
Hippodrome, Brighton What started out as an Ice-rink became a circus designed by the famous English theater and circus architect Frank Matcham. After a refurbishment it functioned as a theater from 1902 to 1964 after which it became a bingo hall from 1967 to 2006. For years it was a derelict building for which several …
Cirque Royal, Brussels The Cirque Royal is a theater in Brussels inaugurated in 1878. It was then the only permanent circus in Brussels. Since the 1950s, there has been a succession of concerts and ballets on the program (particularly initiated in the 1960s by the Ballet du XXe siècle by the famous choreographer Maurice Béjart). …
Cirque Municipal, Troyes The first circus of Troyes, France was a wooden circus designed by Max Berthelin. It was completely destroyed by a gigantic fire in 1892. Perhaps the gas lighting of that time had something to do with the loss of the 1000 people seating building. The current building was build in order to …
Académie Fratellini, Paris Annie Fratellini The Fratellini Family is a well known circus family in France. After the immense popularity of the Trio Fratellini Clowns. The Clown trio consisted of Paul (1877–1940), François Fratellini (1879–1951) and Albert Fratellini (1886–1961). On of their descendants was Annie Violette Fratellini (1932–1997), fourth generation granddaughter of Paul and daughter …
Circus art in Belarus traces its roots back to the late 19th century. But before that the country had lots of European traveling circuses or show groups. The first professional circus performance in Belarus was given in Minsk at the Trinity suburbs by Carl Hinne and his Austrian circus troupe in the summer of 1853. …
The Stockholm Cirkus is the largest private theater in the Nordic countries, a concert and event scene at Djurgården in Stockholm. It was opened on May 25, 1892, to accommodate the great circus society of the past. Today, Circus has space for 1,650 seated guests and, in addition to theater, concerts and shows, congresses and …
Cirkus in Linköping is a former circus building opened in 1912. Two other simple circus buildings were constructed for shorter periods in the 19th century Linköping. The first was a simple wooden building at the ranger AP Andersson’s restaurant at Stångån, built in 1884. The second building stood in vacant lot at the railway park, …
Furuviksparken was founded in 1900 by Oscar Jakobsson and officially opened by count Olle Cronstedt. In 1938 the zoo was bought by Gösta Nygren, who managed the zoo for 45 years. The Furuvik Park lies close to the Swedish city Gävle. Gävle has sometimes been called for the Swedish capital of the circus art. There …
Several circuses visited the Dutch beach city Scheveningen (The Hague Beach) in the summer months. Plenty of tourists made a grateful crowd for all sorts of entertainment. Oscar Carré who has build his Royal Circus in Amsterdam wanted to also construct a permanent wooden circus building in Scheveningen. As opposed to the many wooden circus …
