Cinema Capitol, Movie theater in Florence, Italy

The former Cinema Capitol stands on via dei Castellani beside the Loggia del Grano, opposite the Uffizi exit. Nello Baroni and Maurizio Tempestini rebuilt it on four levels, and it opened on 23 May 1957 with a single 320-seat hall under a cantilevered gallery. The upper floors now house the Coin department store.

The site began in 1868 as the Teatro delle Logge, built by architect Andrea Scala above the 17th-century Loggia del Grano. Actor Tommaso Salvini bought it and gave it his name. In 1910 it became the Folies Bergère café-concert, and in 1935 the cinema Imperiale with 1,200 seats. Nello Baroni and Maurizio Tempestini rebuilt it from 1954, and the Capitol opened on 23 May 1957.

The building began as the Teatro delle Logge, built in 1868 by architect Andrea Scala above the 17th-century Loggia del Grano; it was later bought by actor Tommaso Salvini and took his name. After becoming the Folies Bergère café-concert in 1910 and the cinema Imperiale in 1935, it was rebuilt by Nello Baroni and reopened as the Capitol on 23 May 1957. Since December 2022 the former cinema has housed the Coin department store, moved here from the ex-Bazar Bonaiuti in via de' Calzaiuoli.

The building stands on via dei Castellani, beside the Loggia del Grano and opposite the Uffizi exit, so it is reached on foot from Piazza della Signoria. Entry is through the ground-floor portico, where the staircase and lifts serving the four levels are visible from the street.

The building is not a working cinema: since December 2022 it has housed the Coin department store, which moved here from the ex-Bazar Bonaiuti in via de' Calzaiuoli. The 1957 auditorium held 320 seats, and the large polychrome ceramic panel by the staircase in the hall survives inside.