Teatro Massimo Review

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Teatro Massimo

  • Address: Piazza Verdi 9, at top of Via Maqueda, Olivella, Palermo, 90134
  • Phone: 091/6090831
  • www.teatromassimo.it

Fodor's Review:

Construction of this formidable neoclassical theater was started in 1875 by Giovanni Battista Basile and completed by his son Ernesto in 1897. A fire in 1974 rendered the theater inoperable but it reopened with great fanfare in 1997, its interior as glorious as ever. The Godfather: Part III ended with a famous shooting scene on the theater's steps. Visits are by 25-minute guided tour only. English-speaking guides are available.

  • Cost: EUR 5
  • Open: Tues.-Sun. 10-3
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