Teatro Politeama Garibaldi [Palermo]
type: Item
label: Teatro Politeama @nl
label: teatro Politeama Garibaldi @it
label: Teatro Politeama Garibaldi
description: Theatre building in Palermo, Italy
description: bouwwerk in Palermo @nl
EUTA building identifier: 1963
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Italy
City: Palermo
GPS: Point(13.3567 38.125)
Wikidata source: Q1478356
opening date: 1875-01-01T00:00:00Z
Capacity: 950
Address: Piazza Ruggero Settimo, 15
Web: il-politeama-garibaldi
Wikicommons gallery: Teatro_Politeama_(Palermo)
Reconstructing Theatre Architecture: 525
Importance: Not rated
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Carthalia ID: 2390
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Census Italia 1968 table ID: 258
Note: Built 1867-1875 by Giuseppe Damiani Almeyda as an open-air theatre (circo olimpico). Named in honour of the Italian general and politician, Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882). 1877 addition of a cast iron roof by Giuseppe Damiani Almejda. Interior decorations by Giuseppe Enea, Rocco Lentini, and Giuseppe Cavallaro completed by 1891. Capacity: originally 4000 persons in the main hall (plus 500 persons in each of the two adjacent halls). Current capacity: 950 seats.