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The Royal Opera House, also called the Royal Theatre, was an opera house and performing arts center erected in 1866. Like many classic structures, it was a beautiful building of pillars and friezes and was considered the most beautiful building in Valletta. It has a long and fraught history; however, just six years after its completion in 1866, it suffered a fire that destroyed it.

The interior, most damaged by the heat, was quickly rebuilt within four and a half years. But its woes did not end there, as World War II would bring an end, much like many other things. During an air raid in 1942, very little was left of the theater. What ruins there were were turned into an outdoor theater in 2013.