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date: 17 January 2025

Farnese, Teatro 

Source:
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance
Author(s):
Richard AndrewsRichard Andrews

In 1618 Ranuccio I, Duke of Parma, commissioned a theatre on the first floor of the Palazzo della Pilotta (after the game ‘pelota’), and named it after his Farnese dynasty. The architect, ... ...

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