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Teatro Dante (Sansepolcro)
Teatro Dante (''also called Cinema Teatro Dante'') is an Italian theatre in Sansepolcro, a town in Tuscany, Italy, in the province of Arezzo. The theatre was inaugurated on September 1, 1836 and was originally known as the Royal Theatre Dante (''Regio Teatro Dante''). The premiere performance was Vincenzo Bellini's opera La sonnambula (''The sleepwalker''). The building, remained the property of the Accademia dei Risorti ( ''literally "Academy of the Resurrected"'' ) until today. The building began as a simple theater for the people, nowadays it is also a movie theater, not precluding a theater season with comedies, operettas and concerts in a good level. History The origin and the theatre of fortune The news reached the present day are fragmentary, but carefully preserved. We know that the project was commissioned by Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany in September 1674 to promote culture in the provinces of his grand duchy. So, he settled 1500 Italian scudo, scudi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sansepolcro
Sansepolcro, formerly Borgo Santo Sepolcro, is a town and ''comune'' founded in the 11th century, located in the Italian Province of Arezzo in the eastern part of the region of Tuscany. Situated on the upper reaches of the Tiber river, the town is the birthplace of the painters Piero della Francesca, Raffaellino del Colle (a pupil of Raphael), Matteo di Giovanni, Santi di Tito and Angiolo Tricca. It was also the birthplace of the Italian mathematician Luca Pacioli, and of Matteo Cioni, who translated Piero della Francesca's treatise about perspective in painting (''De prospectiva pingendi'') into Latin. Today, the economy of the town is based on agriculture, industrial manufacturing, food processing and pharmaceuticals. It is the home of Buitoni pasta, founded by Giulia Buitoni in 1827. History According to tradition the founding of the town came about through two 9th-century pilgrims to the Holy Land, Arcanus and Giles, who returned to the region and built a chapel dedicated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
