Teatro Municipale Romolo Valli is the most important theater in Reggio Emilia, located in Piazza Martiri del 7 Luglio 1960, in the historical center of the city. Romolo Valli was a well-known Italian actor born in Reggio Emilia, who, throughout his career, collaborated with Vittorio De Sica, Sergio Leone, Roman Polanski, Roger Vadim, and Luchino Visconti. SHORT HISTORY OF TEATRO MUNICIPALE ROMOLO VALLI The building was designed and completed by the architect Cesare Costa of Modena, and built between 1852 and 1857. The works were directed by the local engineer Antonio Tegani. The theater was inaugurated on April 21, 1857, with the opera Vittor Pisani by the composer Achille Peri. ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE ROMOLO VALLI MUNICIPAL THEATER The building has a rectangular plan with a length of 80 meters and a width of about 44 meters, with two additional rectangular loggias. The Romolo Valli Municipal Theater has a Neoclassical facade on two orders, in brick and marble, with Tuscan columns on the ground floor and Ionic pilasters on the upper floor. The upper part of the facade has 13 rectangular windows surmounted by bas-reliefs. Allegorical statues are placed on the entablature of the facade. The interior Read more [...]