 The first revolving auditoriums were built in 1959 in Finland and the Czech Republic (then Czechoslovakia), respectively.The Finnish auditorium Pyynikki Summer Theatre in Tampere, was the first of its kind to be powered by electrical machinery.The Revolving Theatre Český Krumlov in the baroque gardens of Český Krumlov Castle in South Bohemia at first required 40 people to power its movements, and in 1960 human power was replaced by an electric motor.