{"id":17520,"date":"2021-07-16T17:21:17","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T15:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=17520"},"modified":"2021-07-16T17:21:18","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T15:21:18","slug":"constitutional-court-recognizes-the-cultural-values-of-the-former-national-theater-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/constitutional-court-recognizes-the-cultural-values-of-the-former-national-theater-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Constitutional Court recognizes the cultural values of the former National Theater building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Constitutional Court has published its complete judgement regarding the National Theater, where it deemed the procedure followed for the negotiation and settlement of the contract for the construction of the new building on the existing site, as unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p>The Constitutional Court has overturned the verdict of the Council of Ministers, granting the land\u2019s property rights to the Municipality of Tirana. According to the Court, this shift in property rights from the central government to the local one should have followed the applicable laws, instead of a simple judgment made by the Council of Ministers.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, the Constitutional Court emphasized that \u201cit is not within its competence and jurisdiction to analyze whether or not the National Theater is a national cultural value\u201d. However, it determined that the Theater used to hold many emotional, spiritual and cultural qualities for the nation\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>The National Theater was built in 1938, according to the project of Italian architect, G.B. It was conceptualized as a recreational complex, which included the \u2018Savoia\u2019 cinematic theater with a capacity of 800 seats.<\/p>\n<p>The building of the National Theater was demolished by the government on May 17<sup>th<\/sup>, following a long resistance by the Alliance for the Protection of the National Theater, who protested against the demolition of the building with the argumentation that it pertains to a cultural heritage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/video\/224splar\/2021\/07\/02\/constitutional-court-overturns-governments-decision-on-national-theater\/\">Constitutional Court overturns government\u2019s decision on National Theater<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/06\/29\/tiranas-mayor-gives-approval-for-the-new-national-theater-amt-a-provocation\/\">Tirana\u2019s mayor gives approval for the new National Theater, AMT: A provocation!<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/06\/30\/eu-delegation-responds-to-the-accusations-of-the-alliance-for-the-protection-of-the-national-theater\/\">EU delegation responds to accusations of the Alliance for the Protection of the National Theater<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Constitutional Court has published its complete judgement regarding the National Theater, where it deemed the procedure followed for the negotiation and settlement of the contract for the construction of the new building on the existing site, as unconstitutional. 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