Copper Palace
| Copper Palace | |
|---|---|
| Moravska State Archive · 1976 | |
| Classification | Arts and Leisure |
| Status | canon |
| Last updated | 2026-11-04 |
| Archive source | 07 Arts and Leisure/Copper Palace.md |
| Length | 217 words (1 min read) |
| Internal links | 5 outgoing, 2 incoming |
| Sources | 4 cited |
The Copper Palace is a concert and congress hall in Medenik. It opened in 1965 as the Palace of Culture of the Copper Workers. It has 700 seats, a copper facade, and the largest stage in the interior.
Building [edit]
The architect was a Zaligrad graduate who had studied in Helsinki. The building is a low rectangle with a copper skin. The copper was rolled at the Medenik works and left to oxidise. In 1976 the facade was still brown; by 1984 it had turned green.
The main hall has a curved balcony and a wooden ceiling. The acoustic is warm but uneven. The conductor of the state orchestra called it "a copper box that sings back".
Programming [edit]
The palace hosts the state orchestra, the copper workers' choir, and the annual miners' concert. It also shows films and hosts party congresses. The 1971 constitution was read to the party in the main hall.
The Art and Propaganda office approved the interior mosaics. They show a smelter, a cable, and a child holding a model ship. See Architecture.
The 1976 season [edit]
In June 1976 the palace hosted the international folk festival that ran beside the Zaligrad games. The Skalina choir sang the opening anthem. The festival programme is reproduced in Music.
See also [edit]
Sources[edit]
- Survey report B. Yanev (1976). Coastal survey report: Medenik. Coastal Survey Office. CSO-1976-9629. Cited in The 1976 season, Building. See also Music.
- Official document A. Kolarov (1972). Ministry circular on regional administration in Medenik. Ministry of Culture. MOC-1972-9952. Cited in The 1976 season, Programming. See also Architecture.
- Primary source B. Yanev (1973). Field notes from the the Kraybrezhie survey. Zaligrad Institute of Ethnography. ZIE-1973-9890. Cited in Programming, See also. See also Timeline of Moravska history.
- Decree I. Petrov (1973). State Sports Council Decree 214. State Sports Council. SSC-1973-3714. Cited in Building, See also. See also Medenik.
References[edit]
Documents in the archive that cite or cross-reference Copper Palace:
- ^ "Medenik". Foundations, Narodna Biblioteka Moravska, 1976.
- ^ "Timeline of Moravska history". History, Narodna Biblioteka Moravska, 1976.