Goldoni Theatre
Bagnoli di Sopra (PD)
Bagnoli di Sopra’s first theatre dates back to the second half of the 18th century, but the theatrical tradition has older roots in this town: Carlo Goldoni was a guest in Villa Widmann Borletti from 1755 to July 1757, where a hall was home to a model theatre with furniture and sceneries suitable for plays. The plan of the current Goldoni Theatre features a rectangular hall with a loggia held by pillars in the shape of an irregular, elongated octagon. A side of the loggia lies upon the stage’s proscenium, while the other lies on the two pillars opposite the entrance wall. There is an avant-corps before the hall, towards the road, which features a foyer with restrooms on both sides, and a hall with two adjacent rooms on the first floor. The façade is in a Neo-Baroque style and features, at ground floor level, the main door with two side windows, all with frames slightly shaped into ashlars; the first floor level features a protruding balustrade, and three big round-arched windows standing on the façade itself, which is divided into four sections by four lesenes surmounted by a tympanum. The theatre was restored to its current state in 1993.
Address: piazza Unità d’Italia, Bagnoli di Sopra (PD) Open to the public Info: www.comune.bagnoli.pd.it
