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Ottoneum
The Ottoneum is a building in Kassel, Germany, built from 1604 to 1606 for Landgrave Maurice of Hesse-Kassel and named after his son Otto. It was the first permanent theatre building in Germany, used by the court's company of actors. It later served as an art and natural history collection and since the 19th century has housed Kassel's natural history museum.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Ottoneum. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ottoneum
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