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Teatro Margherita

Bari, Teatro Margherita, foto d’epoca

Il Teatro Margherita, costruito nel 1893 in un’ansa del molo vecchio di Bari, si presenta come una struttura galleggiante edificata su palafitte. Danneggiato poco dopo la sua apertura da un incendio, venne riedificato e inaugurato nuovamente nel 1914. Fu costruito sul mare e collegato alla terraferma da un pontile, per aggirare il divieto di costruire nuovi teatri sul suolo comunale. L’edifico divenne sede di spettacoli di varietà alla moda, un vero e proprio cafè-chantant. Durante la seconda guerra mondiale, nel 1943, fu occupato dagli anglo-americani, che ne fecero la loro base logistica e un luogo di intrattenimento per le truppe, ribattezzandolo Garrison Theatre. Subì numerosi danni durante i bombardamenti del 1945 e fu ripristinato, ma esclusivamente come cinema, nel 1946. Negli anni ‘80 del Novecento, il Teatro Margherita venne chiuso e lasciato in stato di abbandono sino al 2005, quando, molto lentamente, iniziò una lunga stagione di restauri. Finalmente riaperto al pubblico, oggi è un’importante sede di mostre ed esposizioni di arte contemporanea.

Dal punto di vista architettonico, l’edifico all’esterno ha conservato molte delle caratteristiche originarie, con la facciata in stile liberty voluta dall’architetto Francesco de Giglio nel 1914. Un’ampia arcata vetrata, affiancata da torri terminanti in pinnacoli, delimita l’ingresso principale. Lungo tutta la facciata si alternano decorazioni di chiaro gusto novecentesco: festoni, maschere e ghirlande stilizzate. A coronamento dell’edificio si innalza una cupola ottagonale con terminazione a lucernario.

Per info e prenotazioni:

Piazza IV Novembre 70122 Bari

Tel.: +390805776200

Bari, Teatro Margherita prima dei restauri iniziati nel 2005

Bari, Teatro Margherita, dopo i restauri

(foto Ainars Brūvelis, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=54351258)

The Teatro Margherita

Bari, Teatro Margherita, a vintage photograph

The Teatro Margherita, built in a bay of the old Bari port in 1893, is a floating building erected on piles. Damaged in a fire shortly after its opening, it was rebuilt and inaugurated again in 1914. It was constructed on the sea and connected to the mainland through a jetty, in order to get round the ban on building new theatres on the municipal land. The building housed trendy variety shows, as a real cafè-chantant. During the Second World War, in 1943, it was occupied by the Anglo-Americans, who used it as a logistics base and entertainment venue for the soldiers, renaming it Garrison Theatre. It was much damaged during the 1945 bombings and restored, but merely as a cinema in 1946. In the Eighties, the Teatro Margherita was closed and abandoned until 2005, when a long period of repairs gradually started. Finally reopened to the public, today it is home to contemporary art shows and exhibitions.

At the architectural level, the external part of the building has preserved many of its original features, with its Stile Liberty façade, required by the architect Francesco de Giglio in 1914. A wide glass arch, flanked by towers terminating in pinnacles, marks the main gate. All along the façade, typical 20th-century decorations alternate: festoons, masks, and stylized garlands. The building is crowned with an octagonal dome terminating in a skylight.

Info and reservations:

Piazza IV Novembre 70122 Bari

Tel.: +390805776200

Teatro Margherita

Bari, Teatro Margherita

(foto Ainars Brūvelis, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=54351258)

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