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north italian Route

Only here: the last Renaissance theatres – and all that followed

This is the only part of Europe where you can follow the history of theatre step by step: start in Vicenza and Sabbioneta with the world’s only preserved

Renaissance theatres, marvel at a huge 17^th century auditorium in Parma, and continue with the best of 18^th and 19^th century theatres along the route.

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Bologna

Municipal Theatre

In 1756 the Senate of Bologna commissioned the famous architect and stage designer Antonio Galli Bibiena to ...

Bologna

Teatro Aldrovandi Mazzacorati

This intimate, originally preserved gem of a theatre in the left wing of a villa was created for the count ...

Carpi

Municipal Theatre

Inaugurated in 1861, the Municipal Theatre in Carpi is an excellent example of an Italian-style theatre: a ...

Cesena

Bonci Theatre

Built between 1843 and 1846 to plans of the architect Vincenzo Ghinelli, the theatre features a neoclassical ...

Faenza

Municipal Theatre Masini

Near the main square, the Piazza del Popolo, the Municipal Theatre is hidden in a courtyard. Since 1903 it ...

Mantua

Scientific Theatre

This very special theatre in the city of the Gonzagas, today a Unesco World Heritage, was built to plans of ...

Parma

Farnese Theatre

The theatre lies hidden inside the vast Palazzo della Pilotta. It was inserted in 1617-18 by Giovan Battista ...

Sabbioneta

Classical Theatre

Sabbioneta, the ideal city, grew from nothing between 1556 and 1591, conceived by the duke Vespasiano Gonzaga ...

San Giovanni in Persiceto

Municipal Theatre

As early as 1626 the city council entrusted a big room in the town hall to the “Accademia dei Candidi ...

Vicenza

Teatro Olimpico

Vicenza is a treasure trove of history. It reached its pinnacle in the Renaissance, in the Venetian period, ...