New Theater hall in former ENEL's building

Investments in projects of urban regeneration, aimed at reducing situations of marginalization and social degradation (Mission 5 – Component 2, Investment 4)

Italy’s Recovery and resilience Plan provides municipalities with grants for investments in urban regeneration, to reduce marginalization and social degradation as well as to improve the social and environmental context of urban centres. The measure aims at supporting the reuse and re-functionalization of public areas and existing public building structures for public interest purposes, and at improving the urban landscape through renovation of public buildings, with particular attention to the development of social, cultural, educational services, including sports activities.

The investment consisting of EUR 2 billion is financed by Italy’s Recovery and Resilience plan. This project is part of this investment and it involves the construction of a 236-seat theatre hall, in addition to all the spaces supporting the theatre activities. The theatre will be created out of a building originally owned and used by energy company ENEL.

The former ENEL building was built in 1920 by the Adige Garda power line company to replace the coal-fired power plant that powered the tram service started in 1912. It was then sold to the Emilian electricity company and then to ENEL to be acquired by the Municipality of Monena in 2001, after the end of the activities in the sector where until 1995 the city-controlled energy company managed the electricity, gas, water networks and municipal public transport.

The functional adaptation project of the building, which will host the “New Passion” Theatre, respected its original structure, but added interventions aimed at seismic improvement, fire prevention adaptation and new organization of spaces.