Encyclopedia • Cinemas and theatres

Inaugurated on 23 September 2008, this municipal structure, which has undergone a major restoration, now also houses the Pasinetti Video Library, on the ground floor of Palazzo Mocenigo while the offices of the Municipal Cinema Circuit have been o

Inserted within the public park of the same name, this building has recently been restored and used as a place of entertainment for the citizens, as well as the seat of the District Council of Cannaregio.

The theater, located in a small building nestled between the walls, was inaugurated on 10 April 1970, a Friday, and was the first place in Mestre intended for theater only.

The theater, built at the behest of the Giustinian family, inaugurated in 1640, near Palazzo Giustinian and the church of San Moisé.

The Fondamenta Nuove Theater is a private space, located at the end of the homonymous Venetian foundation.

The Junghans has a triangular stage and a reduced capacity of the audience (150 seats), therefore it lends itself well to particular performances, less suitable for traditional Italian theaters.

The theater, commissioned by the noble Venetian society, was inaugurated on May 16, 1792. For the occasion, the drama I giuochi d’Agrigento by Giovanni Paisiello and the ballet Amore e Psiche by Onorato Viganò were staged.

The Malibran Theater rises above the ancient site of Marco Polo's residence, Ca 'Milion, which was destroyed by a fire around the end of the sixteenth century.

Between 1641 and 1645 this theater was certainly the stage that hosted the melodramas with the most sumptuous productions in all of Venice.

The original building, called "Teatro Vecchio", was designed in 1565 by Andrea Palladio.

Built in 1656, at the behest of the Grimani family. Initially dedicated to prose representations, starting from the eighteenth century it also hosted operas and ballets.

The Santi Giovanni e Paolo theater was considered, in the seventeenth century, the most beautiful and comfortable of the Venetian theaters. Built by the Grimani family, it played a crucial role in spreading the Opera in Venice.