Auditorium Conciliazione, building in Rome, Italy
The Auditorium Conciliazione is a large performance hall in Rome used for concerts, lectures, and various shows. The space has high ceilings and good acoustics that allow performances to be heard clearly from any seat.
Conceived in the 1930s as part of Mussolini's redevelopment of Borgo, the hall was completed only in 1950 by architects Marcello Piacentini and Giorgio Calza Bini, and inaugurated by Pope Pius XII as a pontifical audience hall. It lost that role in 1971 to the new Paolo VI Audience Hall. From 1958 to 2000 it housed the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and in February 2001 the Berlin Philharmonic under Claudio Abbado held a week-long filmed residency there. After refurbishment it reopened on 29 April 2005 with the David di Donatello awards.
The hall sits on Via della Conciliazione in the Borgo district, within the Palazzo San Pio X complex, a short walk from St. Peter's Basilica and the Ponte Sant'Angelo. The entrance opens onto the long straight perspective between the two. Visitors reach it on foot from the Vatican area; the surrounding wings house broadcasting facilities, so the hall itself is entered from the street front.
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