Paradiso sul mare
Paradiso sul mare (Paradise on the sea), Anzio, Italy, is an Art nouveau palace built by the italian architect, Cesare Bazzani.
History
Completed in 1924, the palace is located on the promenade of the Anzio city where, in 1944, the allied forces landed during World War II (Battle of Anzio).
Paradiso sul mare is today owned by the municipality of Anzio.
The beautiful rooms of the Paradiso sul mare initially were destinated to houses the casino of the city, but, the casino, was never opened.
Today, the palace, is houses art exhibitions and as movie sets. Italian famous film directors and scriptwriters, as Federico Fellini and Alberto Sordi, have shooted in it films as Amarcord and Polvere di stelle (Stardust).
Exhibitions
- Controluce, Giuliano Giganti, Paradiso sul mare (2004)
- Teknemedia, archives, Bianca Madeccia, Rocco Paternostro, Luca Pietrosanti (2006)
- Il Litorale, incontro-spettacolo di arti visive, teatro, danza e musica, con circa trenta artisti delle varie discipline (2006)
- Anzio, Nettuno informa, Modellini militari (2007)
- Arte brasiliana al Paradiso sul mare, Dominique Le Comte, Joseph Pace, Carlos Araujo (2010)
- Trezeri Quarantadue, Un nuovo obiettivo per Anzio, Mostra fotografica, Paradiso sul mare (2010)
- Provincia di Roma, Marilda Dib (2010)
- Anzio Nettuno informa, Roger Waters of Pink Floyd receive the honorary citizenship of Anzio (2013)
- Sbarco di Anzio 70th Anniversary of the Landing of Anzio (2014)