Encyclopedia • Cinemas and theatres

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

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.

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

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

The theater hosts, every season, various productions: prose, comic theater, dance and various musical events, from classical to cultured music, up to contemporary concerts.

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

Built in 1622 by the Vendramin family, from which it initially takes its name. At the time, it was also called the Theater of San Salvador or San Luca.

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.

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 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.

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