Auditorium Conciliazione

Auditorium Conciliazione, also known as Auditorio Pio and former Auditorium di Santa Cecilia, is a hall of audiences, concerts and musical performances located at number 4 of the Via della Conciliazione, in the Borgo Rione in Rome, linked to the Palazzo San Pio X. The work of Marcello Piacentini and Giorgio Calza Bini was inaugurated in 1950 and eight years later became the headquarters of the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia until the end of the century.[1]

Photo of Palazzo San Pio X from Castel Sant'Angelo. The auditorium is located immediately behind this façade.

Pontifical audience hall

The audience hall was built during the urban reorganization of the Spina di Borgo in the 1930s, when led to its demolition to allow the desired perspective for the Via della Conciliazione, which connects Ponte Sant'Angelo to St. Peter's Square. The demolition and reconstruction work was sponsored by Benito Mussolini's fascist government. The works were finished after World War II. The construction of the audience hall itself was completed in 1950, the year of the jubilee, when it was inaugurated by Pope Pius XII.[2]

In 1971, the building ceased to be used for this purpose with the inauguration of the Paolo VI Audience Hall, whose official name was at the time Sala Nervi, the work of the architect Pier Luigi Nervi, inaugurated by Pope Paul VI.[2]

Price David de Donatello

After the move of the Orchestra of Santa Cecilia, the building underwent a new refurbishment between 2004 and 2005, when it remained closed for ten months. On April 29, 2005, it was reopened with the ceremony of the David de Donatello Awards, presented by l'Accademia del Cinema Italiano (Italian Film Academy).[2]

References
  1. Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. "About us". www.santacecilia.it. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  2. "História" (in Italian). Auditorium Conciliazione. Archived from the original on 2008-10-25.

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