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It is said that the future of the Carnival of Viareggio depends on the Carnival Citadel; It is a large
structure, built in the north area of the city of Viareggio,
with 16 hangars, a theatre and a multimedia museum, which will allow
everyone to enter the magical world of Carnival all year round, to
understand its up to now inaccessible secrets and shades.
The structure allows the magicians of Papier Mâché to express themselves
better artistically and to show the constructions to the public not only
during the festive period. A museum and a multimedia “lane” have been
built inside the structure in order to illustrate the story of the
carnival of Viareggio to the visitors.
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The Citadel is also a cultural and entertainment centre with open spaces
that can be used all year round. A large urban park receives the City of
Carnival. The floats workshops turn the urban park into an animated
park, animated by carnival presences linked to an original
craftsmanship and artistic activity of great importance. The city of
carnival comes to life and defines itself as a structure of great
scenographical value.
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In this complex, one notices immediately, even from a distance, the
elevated area located around an elliptical square, axis of future
developments, that underlines even more the emergence of the citadel
from the land. The complex composed of the16 hangars and other buildings
forms a square, ideal for parties and shows. The doors from which the
floats get out open on this square; when these doors are closed they
represent the drop curtain of a special theatre; when they open,
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they unveil on stage, in a magical contemporary vision, 16 extraordinary
actors, i.e the carnival floats. If the square is the place of parties
and shows, the external perimetral road, where the artists have their
shops, is the meeting place between the park’s visitors and the
craftsmen at work. The Citadel is composed of the hangars-workshops, two
service centres and the Museum building.
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