National Theatre of Dona Maria II
theater, Lisbon, Portugal
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The National Theatre of Dona Maria II is a theater located in Lisbon, Portugal. It was built on the site of the former Palace of the Inquisition, which was flattened and not rebuilt after the 1755 earthquake and subsequent reconstruction efforts led by the MarquĆŖs de Pombal. The theater was erected approximately 90 years after the palace's site was cleared.1
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