Marabù. Cella, Reggio Emilia

photography | archival print/Hahnemuhle Paper Photo Rag Matt | 2017
variable sizes / ed. 5 + 2 a.p.

The structure, which occupies an area of as much as 4,500 m², was designed by the engineer Silvestro Lolli and built by I.R.Coop in two years of work. 40 firms worked on the site. The car park could hold 1,500 cars. Inside there was a 350 m² dance floor, a 150 m² stage, three bars with 2,200 seats. The summer capacity, outdoors as well, reached as many as 10,000 people in 1986.
The story of the Marabù begins at the golden moment of disco music. The venue opened in 1977.