Politeama Theater (Palermo)
The Teatro Politeama or Teatro Politeama Garibaldi is a theater building in Palermo . It was built from 1867 to 1874 by Giuseppe Damiani Almeyda in the neoclassical style. Almeyda was inspired by buildings from Pompeii .
Columns are in front of the circular facade, with Doric columns on the ground floor and Ionic columns on the upper floor . The entrance is designed as a triumphal arch and is crowned by a quadriga by Mario Rutelli .
The Galleria d'Arte moderna Empedocle Restivo was located in the side rooms of the Teatro Politeama from 1910 to 2005, with paintings from the 18th century to the present day. Since 2006 it has been housed under the name Galleria d'arte moderna in the former monastery complex of Sant'Anna.
literature
- Brigit Carnabuci: Sicily. Greek temples, Roman villas, Norman cathedrals and baroque cities in the center of the Mediterranean (= DuMont art travel guide ). 6th, updated edition. DuMont Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2011, ISBN 978-3-7701-4385-6 .
- Paola Barbera: Giuseppe Damiani Almeyda's Architecture: Constructing the Modern Restoring the Ancient. The Politeama Theater's Dome in Palermo (PDF). In: Karl-Eugen Kurrer , Werner Lorenz , Volker Wetzk (eds.): Proceedings of the Third International Congress on Construction History . Neunplus, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-936033-31-1 , pp. 119-126
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Coordinates: 38 ° 7 ′ 30.7 ″ N , 13 ° 21 ′ 23.9 ″ E