Teatro Goldoni (Florence)

The Teatro Goldoni of Florence was first opened in 1817 at the site of the former Annalena monastery in Oltrarno, region of Tuscany, Italy.

The theater, dedicated to the playwright Carlo Goldoni, has a main facade on the narrow Via Santa Maria #15, it is near the corner with Via de Caldaie.

The monastery took its name from Annalena Malatesta, the wife of Baldaccio d'Anghiari, a 15th-century condottiero, known to Dante, who was killed by treachery by a rival at the Palazzo Vecchio.

The theater producer Luigi Gargani obtained the property, and commissioned the design from architect Giuseppe del Rosso.

In 1356, this site was made into a monastery, under the Augustinian of San Giovanni Battista and Santa Chiara.