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Rome, Italy

Parco della Musica

Rome, Italy

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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Opening hours
Oct-Mar: Mo-Sa 11:00-18:00, Su,PH 10:00-18:00; Apr-Oct: Mo-Sa 11:00-20:00, Su,PH 10:00-20:00

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Auditorium Parco della Musica is a public music complex in Rome, Italy, completed in 2002 and designed by Renzo Piano. The facility comprises three concert halls—Sala Santa Cecilia (approximately 2,800 seats), Sala Sinopoli (1,200 seats, named for conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli), and Sala Petrassi (700 seats, honoring composer Goffredo Petrassi)—structurally isolated for acoustic purposes yet connected by a shared lobby at their base. Their distinctive bulbous forms have inspired comparisons to beetles, turtles, and other organic shapes. An outdoor fan-shaped amphitheater called the Cavea echoes ancient Greek and Roman performance spaces, set within a landscaped park designed by Franco Zagari. Jürgen Reinhold of Müller-BBM oversaw the halls' acoustics. During construction, excavations revealed sixth-century BC archaeological remains, including a villa and oil-press; Piano modified his design to preserve these artifacts in an on-site museum, extending the project by one year. Inaugurated on 21 December 2002, the complex houses most facilities of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and rapidly became Europe's most-visited music venue, reaching over two million visitors annually by 2014.

Architect

Renzo Piano
Built
Type
theatre building, concert hall
Place
Rome, Italy

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