Cesar Palace. Magliano Alpi, Cuneo

photography | archival print/Hahnemuhle Paper Photo Rag Matt | 2014/2015
variable sizes / ed. 5 + 2 a.p.

The disco was built in 1973 and opened to the public in 1975. Its architecture was truly futuristic for the time, designed without central pillars so as to make the most of the space of the dance floors, spread over three floors of 5,800 m². A colossal amphitheatre in Romanesque style, imposing staircases and bar counters scattered almost everywhere hosted up to 3,000 people. Dance music and liscio (Italian ballroom), but not only. Live shows by Edoardo Bennato, Claudio Baglioni and the "Pooh", to name just a few. Almost thirty years of activity, then, from the 2000s, the slow decline.