Description
The Teatro Trianon is a small Art Nouveau theater in the Torretto district, in the historic heart of La Spezia, on Via Manzoni. Built in 1907 for light entertainment, it is back to hosting theater and cultural events after decades of neglect.
The highlight is the proscenium with its depressed arch, watched over by eight caryatids in classical peplos: their raised arms and crossed hands hold up the hall's lamps, on pedestals decorated with winged sphinxes. They are the work of the young Augusto Magli, who also made the stuccowork.
Outside, above the doorway with lotus-flower capitals, a theatrical mask on the keystone of the arch announces at once what the building is for.
The design by the architect Vincenzo Bacigalupi won a special prize at the Paris World's Fair. The stage also saw the Futurist evenings led by Marinetti, but World War I soon put an end to its activity, which limped on until the theater closed in 1925.
The highlight is the proscenium with its depressed arch, watched over by eight caryatids in classical peplos: their raised arms and crossed hands hold up the hall's lamps, on pedestals decorated with winged sphinxes. They are the work of the young Augusto Magli, who also made the stuccowork.
Outside, above the doorway with lotus-flower capitals, a theatrical mask on the keystone of the arch announces at once what the building is for.
The design by the architect Vincenzo Bacigalupi won a special prize at the Paris World's Fair. The stage also saw the Futurist evenings led by Marinetti, but World War I soon put an end to its activity, which limped on until the theater closed in 1925.