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The Auditorium

Giovan Battista Filippo Basile1875-01-12/1897-05-16

Massimo Theatre Foundation

Massimo Theatre Foundation
Palermo, Italy

Golden stuccoes, wooden decorations, velvet and glass: the auditiorium hosts up to up to 1.300 people in its stalls,142 boxes and gallery. Acoustically perfect, the horseshoe-shaped auditorium is dominated by the so-called “Symbolic wheel” that forms its ceiling. The wheel resembles a wide flower with eleven petals. Each of them is part of the original cooling system of the theatre, as they can be opened to let the hot air flow out.

Details

  • Title: The Auditorium
  • Creator: Giovan Battista Filippo Basile
  • Date Created: 1875-01-12/1897-05-16
  • Location: Piazza Verdi - Palermo, Italy
  • Photographer: Rosellina Garbo

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