Carl Ferdinand Langhans
German architect
Died when: 87 years 312 days (1054 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Carl Ferdinand Langhans (14 January 1782 – 22 November 1869) was a Prussian architect whose specialty was designing theaters.Born in Breslau (Wroclaw), Silesia, Langhans was the son of the architect Carl Gotthard Langhans.
Langhans' designs included opera houses in Berlin and Leipzig, theaters in Breslau and Liegnitz, and the Berlin palace (Altes Palais) of Kaiser Wilhelm I.
He is also remembered for his innovative pleorama entertainment.Langhans died in Berlin.His grave is preserved in the Protestant Friedhof III der Jerusalems- und Neuen Kirchengemeinde (Cemetery No.
III of the congregations of Jerusalem's Church and New Church) in Berlin-Kreuzberg, south of Hallesches Tor.
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