Palazzo della cultura, Cultural complex in Messina, Italy

Palazzo della Cultura is a public center in Messina with multiple functional areas and uses. The complex includes a theater with about 850 seats, a public library, exhibition spaces, and rooms for community events and conferences.

The design came from a 1975 competition won by engineer Aldo D'Amore and architect Fabio Basile with Gaspare De Fiore and Mario Manganaro. Roman tombs found during excavation in 1982 halted the site; work resumed in February 1983, stopped again in 1985 to consolidate an adjacent staircase, and a 1999 variant enlarged the structure, completed in 2009.

The building is named Palacultura "Antonello da Messina" after the 15th-century painter born in the city. It hosts the GAMM, the city's modern art gallery, alongside exhibition halls and an open-air auditorium used for concerts and conferences. The civic library inside is named after Tommaso Cannizzaro, a Messina poet and literary scholar.

The building was specifically designed to withstand earthquakes common in the region, with an inverted pyramid structure made of concrete and steel. Visitors will find the different areas well organized and easily accessible on foot.

The civic library is named after Tommaso Cannizzaro, a Messina-born literary scholar and writer, not a chemist. The building also houses the GAMM modern art gallery and several municipal police units, so a single visit covers art, books and city administration.