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Teatro Massimo is Italy's largest opera house and the third-largest in Europe, commanding Piazza Verdi with its grand Neoclassical portico. Inaugurated in 1897 after over 20 years of construction, it is celebrated for its perfect acoustics and was famously used as a filming location for the final scene of The Godfather Part III.
Architect Giovanni Battista Filippo Basile won the design competition in 1868. After his death, his son Ernesto completed the project. The theatre reopened in 1997 after a controversial 23-year closure for restoration.