Theatres, arenas and venues to film in Italy
14 of them, 11 with a photo and 3 with practical details the location publishes itself. 3 have a documented shooting history. Every entry links to the location or to the body that manages it.
Auditoriums, concert halls, opera houses, cinemas, arenas and event spaces, with the backstage, foyers and dressing rooms that come with them.
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Arena di Verona
Theatre, arena & venue
1st-century Roman amphitheatre in central Verona, its arena floor and stone tiers used since 1913 for outdoor opera performances every summer.
Seen in: Letters to Juliet (2010)
PalaFlorio
Theatre, arena & venue
An indoor arena in Bari used for basketball, concerts and trade events, with tiered seating around a large flat floor.
The venue has 3 meeting/conference rooms (up to 50 people each) plus exhibition areas, 4 bar stations and a control booth. On-site services include...
Piscina delle Rose
Theatre, arena & venue
A 1950s open-air lido in Rome's EUR district, with a large rectangular pool, sunbathing terraces and Rationalist-style changing pavilions.
San Siro Stadium (Stadio Giuseppe Meazza)
Theatre, arena & venue
Multi-tiered football stadium in Milan shared by AC Milan and Inter, with a distinctive spiral-ramp exterior and seating for over 75,000.
The stadium's event page states it has 40 hospitality rooms totalling 3,160 sqm, with a combined event capacity of 2,154 people (1,264 for seated...
Stadio Olimpico
Theatre, arena & venue
Rome's main stadium in the Foro Italico complex, with tiered seating for over 70,000 used for football, athletics, concerts and other large events.
Teatro alla Scala
Theatre, arena & venue
1778 opera house in central Milan with a gilded horseshoe auditorium, tiered boxes, a museum wing and a stage house used for opera, ballet and concerts.
Teatro di San Carlo, Napoli
Theatre, arena & venue
An 18th century royal opera house beside Naples' Palazzo Reale, seating around 1,400 across five tiers of boxes, still in regular use for opera, ballet and concerts.
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Teatro Massimo
Theatre, arena & venue
Largest opera house in Italy, in central Palermo, with a neoclassical facade, a horseshoe auditorium seating around 1,300 and backstage and rehearsal spaces.
Seen in: The Godfather Part III (1990)
Teatro Massimo Bellini, Catania
Theatre, arena & venue
An 1890 opera house in Catania with an eclectic facade and a horseshoe auditorium of four tiers of boxes seating around 2,000, still used for opera and concerts.
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Teatro Petruzzelli
Theatre, arena & venue
Bari's late nineteenth-century opera house, one of Italy's largest theatres, rebuilt after a 1991 fire with its horseshoe auditorium and gilded boxes restored.
Teatro Verdi, Pisa
Theatre, arena & venue
A 19th century theatre in central Pisa with a neoclassical facade and portico, built 1865 to 1867, with one of the largest stages in Italy at 26 by 32 metres.
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Cinema Fulgor, Rimini
Theatre, arena & venue
A historic single screen cinema inside a rebuilt 18th century palazzo in central Rimini, associated with Federico Fellini's childhood and evoked in his films, restored in 2018 with sets by Dante Ferretti.
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Cineteca di Bologna (Cinema Lumiere)
Theatre, arena & venue
A film archive and cinema complex in Bologna's former Manifattura delle Arti tobacco factory, with two screening theatres and a laboratory that restores classic films.
Salone degli Incanti, Trieste
Theatre, arena & venue
Trieste's former central fish market of 1913, an eclectic-style hall shaped like a basilica on the waterfront, now used as an exhibition and events space.
Seen in: The Godfather Part II, The Invisible Boy
Water and mains power on site, paved road access
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Theatres, arenas and venues elsewhere in Europe
- United Kingdom 47
- Germany 39
- Spain 38
- France 30
- Austria 26
- Hungary 23
- Poland 22
- Belgium 20
- Netherlands 19
- Croatia 14
- Czech Republic 13
- Sweden 11
Other kinds of location in Italy
- Industrial and derelict locations 30
- Offices, schools and public buildings 13
- Transport and infrastructure 19
- Film studios and backlots 12
- Hospitals, prisons and institutions 8
- Bars, restaurants and shops 8
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