1940 Addis Abeba Cinema Marconi - Costruzione cantiere

1940 Addis Abeba Cinema Marconi - Costruzione cantiere

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6 maggio 1940
Addis Abeba - Etiopia

Vera immagine d'epoca con didascalia dattiloscritta al verso:
"Fervore di opere costruttive nelle terre dell'Impero...".
L'immagine ritrae il nuovo Cinema Marconi, all'epoca in costruzione ad Addis Abeba.
I lavori di costruzione del Cinema Marconi non furono mai ultimati dagli italiani e vennero ripresi solo nel 1955, allorchè il Cinema venne ampliato e ianugurato per volontà dell'Imperatore Hailè Selassiè.

Photo Shows the building constraction of the new Cinema Marconi in Addis Abeba in 1940.

foto a cura di
Foto Agenzia Giornalistica VEDO - Roma
(timbo al verso)

Vera fotografia d'epoca, originale e autentica.

In buone condizioni

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Note: the Ethiopian National Theatre, which was used to be called the Haile Selassie I Theatre, and which before that has set out to be Cinema Marconi, holds an interesting place in the history of Addis Ababa. In 1946, the Municipality of Addis Ababa recruited a band with the main objective to play Ethiopian songs by soloists accompanied by a modern orchestra; this was motivated by the influence of western & eastern culture. On the one hand, Ethiopia was not to insulate itself against these trends, on the other, the Ethiopian traditional music should survive. Thus began the process of giving a modern setting to the folk traditions of the country and this in turn prompted the Government to set up a National Theatre. This was an innovation and aimed at preserving folk-music traditions of the country.

At the very center of the capital, the Italians had started to build Cinema Marconi, but they were expelled when it was only half completed. It became a dumping place for garbage. In 1955 the building was completed for the celebrations of the Silver Jubilee of the coronation of His Imperial Majesty. The building rose from a ramshackle hall, which could seat some three hundred and fifty people or so to an imposing edifice which could seat an audience of 1260.

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6 maggio 1940
Addis Abeba - Etiopia

Vera immagine d'epoca con didascalia dattiloscritta al verso:
"Fervore di opere costruttive nelle terre dell'Impero...".
L'immagine ritrae il nuovo Cinema Marconi, all'epoca in costruzione ad Addis Abeba.
I lavori di costruzione del Cinema Marconi non furono mai ultimati dagli italiani e vennero ripresi solo nel 1955, allorchè il Cinema venne ampliato e ianugurato per volontà dell'Imperatore Hailè Selassiè.

Photo Shows the building constraction of the new Cinema Marconi in Addis Abeba in 1940.

foto a cura di
Foto Agenzia Giornalistica VEDO - Roma
(timbo al verso)

Vera fotografia d'epoca, originale e autentica.

In buone condizioni

----------------------

Note: the Ethiopian National Theatre, which was used to be called the Haile Selassie I Theatre, and which before that has set out to be Cinema Marconi, holds an interesting place in the history of Addis Ababa. In 1946, the Municipality of Addis Ababa recruited a band with the main objective to play Ethiopian songs by soloists accompanied by a modern orchestra; this was motivated by the influence of western & eastern culture. On the one hand, Ethiopia was not to insulate itself against these trends, on the other, the Ethiopian traditional music should survive. Thus began the process of giving a modern setting to the folk traditions of the country and this in turn prompted the Government to set up a National Theatre. This was an innovation and aimed at preserving folk-music traditions of the country.

At the very center of the capital, the Italians had started to build Cinema Marconi, but they were expelled when it was only half completed. It became a dumping place for garbage. In 1955 the building was completed for the celebrations of the Silver Jubilee of the coronation of His Imperial Majesty. The building rose from a ramshackle hall, which could seat some three hundred and fifty people or so to an imposing edifice which could seat an audience of 1260.