Cinema Teatro Odeon
Piazza Strozzi 2-Red,
Florence
50123
Piazza Strozzi 2-Red,
Florence
50123
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Architects: Marcello Piacentini
Functions: Movies (Classic), Movies (First Run), Retail
Styles: Art Nouveau, Italian Renaissance
Previous Names: Cinema Teatro Savoia
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Located in an Italian Renaissance style building which dates from 1462, the Cinema Teatro Savoia was designed by noted architect Marcello Piacentini in 1920 in an Art Nouveau style, opening on 14th December 1922 with 1,400 seats.
It was later re-named Cinema Teatro Odeon, operated by the Cinehall Group and remained a first-run single screen cinema. Many films were shown in their original language version (with Italian sub-titles). The seating capacity had been reduced to 688-seats.
By early-2025 the former orchestra level of seating had been converted into a bookstore, retaining all its cinematic features. It is used as a cinema in the evenings with 190-seats in the balcony.
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Exterior of the Cinema Teatro Odeon in May 2005:
http://flickr.com/photos//theentirety/15075892/
At dusk in March 2005:
http://flickr.com/photos/midgeymoo/5945496/
Decorative external light fitting:
http://flickr.com/photos/mikegrote/2383240129/
Night view in March 2005:
http://flickr.com/photos/midgeymoo/5945731/
Signage on the upper part of the Odeon at night, in March 2005:
http://flickr.com/photos/midgeymoo/5945727/
Seating in the side of the balcony:
http://flickr.com/photos/11198011@N02/2526796340/
Upper seating level and part of ceiling in auditorium:
http://flickr.com/photos/theentirety/15075936/
The glass cupola ceiling in the auditorium:
http://flickr.com/photos/simmons2/244880977/
Another ceiling view:
http://flickr.com/photos/lifeofbrian/428826451/
Auditorium and proscenium, as viewed from the balcony:
http://flickr.com/photos/kairyuu/2533779276/
The auditorium house-lights dim:
http://flickr.com/photos/lifeofbrian/428826095/
As of May 2025, the structure now harbors a bookstore. Just about all of the vestiges of its day as a cinema remain somewhat intact.
With the bookstore occupying the stalls, the cinema is now using the circle only, where there are approximately 190 seats, and from where patrons still get to experience the scale of this wonderful survivor. The bookstore is open from 10am to 8.30pm; film shows start at 9pm. There is also a café, which is open from 8.30am to midnight.