SISTINA THEATER

TEATRO SISTINA
Via Sistina 128/131

1948/49 Marcello Piacentini (1881/1960) on the area of the destroyed church of S. Francesca Romana (St. Frances of Rome)

The capacity is about 1,600 seats

The first show was a musical comedy with the Italian comedia Totò
Among the international artists who performed in this theater: Louis Armstrong, Burt Bacharach, Liza Minnelli, Dionne Warwick and Woody Allen

Since 2003, the Teatro Sistina has been recognized by the Ministry of Heritage and Culture as Teatro Stabile (permanent Theater) for Italian Musical Comedy

“The popularity of the Teatro Sistina arises mainly due to the never-ending activities of Garinei and Giovannini who, in 46 years of management, have given to the theater (not only Italian) masterpieces as Aggiungi un Posto a Tavola (Add a Place at the Table), Rugantino, Il Giorno della Tartaruga (The Day of the Turtle), shows performed in over 45 countries worldwide and translated into 16 languages” (Official website of the Teatro Sistina - www.ilsistina.it)

HOTEL DE LA VILLE

HOTEL DE LA VILLE 

Via Sistina 69/75

1924 József Vágó (1877/1947) Hungarian architect

"The façade is, therefore, the result of the refined combination of classic themes, research and testing of a new architectural rationality where the Central European stylistic components are averaged or, if necessary, clearly spelled out through styles inspired by the Roman classicism. (...) The refined architecture of the building, the meaning and value of its presence in that precise context of the city effectively frame the personality of the designer who tried, with initial enthusiasm and architectonical conviction, to impose himself in the Italian, or rather, Roman, scene, which, instead, rejected him for his 'extravagant' style" (Maria Grazia Turco)

The name of the hotel now is InterContinental De La Ville

It was built on the area of the demolished building that used to belong to the Venetian painter Antonio Zucchi and his wife Angelica Kauffmann also painter, meeting point for artists at the end of the eighteenth century

Staircase in Carrara marble and furniture were taken in part from the Palazzo Doria Pamphili