Showing posts with label Luigi Rolland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Luigi Rolland. Show all posts

Sunday, January 19, 2020

ADRIANO THEATER

TEATRO ADRIANO
Piazza Cavour 22

1898 Luigi Rolland (about 1898/1914), Belgian architect, father of Luigi Moretti

He used reinforced concrete, a new technique at the time
The theater was mainly used for opera

From 1936 to 1950 were held here the concerts of the Academy of St. Cecilia and later it was transformed into a double movie theater

In 1965 here played the Beatles
In 1999 it was transformed into a MULTIPLEX CINEMA

Friday, December 16, 2016

PALACE OF THE SAVING BANKS AND POST OFFICE

PALAZZO DELLA CASSA DI RISPARMIO E DELLE POSTE
End of nineteenth century by the Belgian Luigi Rolland (about 1898/1914), father of Luigi Moretti
In the GARDENS IN PIAZZA DANTE there should have been a monument to Dante, but it was never done
Since 2007 the gardens are dedicated to Mary Begum and his little son Hasib, both dead for an accidental fire in the nearby Via Buonarroti