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The first cinema exhibition was held on the terrace of the Hotel Excelsior on August 6, 1932. But, with the growing success, it became necessary to build a proper and prestigious venue; this took place between 1936 and 1937, based on a project by the engineer Luigi Quagliata, faithful to the dictates of modernism.
The Palazzo del Cinema on the Lido di Venezia is the main headquarters for the Venice International Film Festival. Built in record time in the Modernist style of the time, it was inaugurated on August 10th 1937 for the fifth edition of the Festival.
Date 1991. City Lido di Venezia. Country Italy. For all the beauty of the Lido beaches, it is the irresistible spell of this enigmatic city that draws visitors from all nations to her. The building proposed here is thus oriented toward the city of canals rather than toward the sea.
The Palazzo del Cinema, inaugurated on 10 August 1937 for the fifth edition of the Exhibition was then made up of a simple hall and a thousand-seat cinema hall (the present Great Hall). Following the continuous success of the festival, it became necessary to expand the building, which was entrusted to Quagliata himself in 1952.
Sep 2, 2024 · Initially, films were shown on the terrace and in the garden of the Hotel Excelsior, but by 1937, a main venue called the Palazzo del Cinema was opened and remains the festival’s home to this day.
The Palazzo del Cinema at Venice Lido is the main facility and screening theatre of the Venice Film Festival. It was built according to the modernist trends of the 1930s, and inaugurated on 10th August 1937 on the occasion of the fifth edition of the festival.
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Feb 16, 2019 · C+S designed the new public space sewing together the three elements which create the identity of the site: the historic and listed buildings of the Casino Palace and Venice Cinema Festival...
