Teatro Duse

Starting from 1798, the theater was hosted in the Castle, first in the creation of Antonio Locatelli, a simple wooden structure, then in 1857, based on the design of architect Martignago, it was rebuilt with three tiers of boxes and enriched with figurative reliefs by the Aster brothers and paintings by De Marchi. In 1930, the theater was demolished and the wooden structure was dismantled and sold to the antiquarian Loewi in Venice, who resold it, in 1949, to the State of Florida. It is now located at the Ringling Museum in Sarasota (Florida – U.S.A.). The only remaining testimony in Asolo of the old theater is the crystal chandelier that now illuminates the Council Hall of the Municipality. The new theater, designed by architect Forlati, was inaugurated in 1932 and named after Eleonora Duse. Throughout the 90s, the complex of the Castle and the Clock Tower underwent a radical restoration that, among other things, restored the theater to a shape reminiscent of the original structure: for the past few years, it has hosted important and well-regarded performances.