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Juliertheater at the Julierpass

Source: pa/KEYSTONE/GIANCARLO CATTANEO
Like an extraterrestrial guest in oxblood red, this tower rises into the barren

high plateau of the pass, surrounded by peaks, a fixed point of solitude,

more a stage design than a house, a decagonal panopticon with niches and

arched windows. Inside, a nothingness of a room whose floor, the stage, can
be raised and lowered on chains, while up to 220 spectators in the window

boxes are allowed to feel alternately free and enclosed, the metaphor of our

existence: From the inside of a lockdown, the longing look into the distant

freedom.