Teatro Ariston

{{short description|Theatre in Sanremo, Italy}}

{{Expand Italian|topic=struct|Teatro Ariston|date=March 2021}}

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{{Infobox venue

| name = Ariston Theatre

| logo_image = Teatro Ariston logo.svg

| image = Teatro Ariston Sanremo.jpg

| image_caption = Front facade of the Ariston Theatre in 2024

| nickname =

|address=Via Matteotti, 226

| location = Sanremo, Italy

| coordinates = {{coord|43|49|3|N|7|46|40|E|display=it|type:landmark}}

| type = Indoor theatre

| broke_ground =

| built = 1953

| opened = {{start date and age|1963}}

| renovated =

| expanded =

| closed =

| demolished =

| architect = *Marco Lavarello

• Dante Datta

| owner =

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| seating_type = Reserved

| seating_capacity = 3,000

| website = [http://www.aristonsanremo.com/ aristonsanremo.com]

}}

The Ariston Theatre ({{langx|it|Teatro Ariston}}) is a theatre{{cite web |title=Teatro Ariston |url=http://www.capodannosanremo.com/teatro-ariston.html |website=Capodanno Sanremo .com |access-date=12 August 2023}} and a cinema in Sanremo, Italy.{{cite news |title=Sanremo, l’Ariston s’ingrandisce |url=http://www.lastampa.it/2017/12/09/edizioni/imperia/sanremo-lariston-singrandisce-oi0OftUFOTznAXCDUORqVI/pagina.html |access-date=12 August 2023 |work=La Stampa |date=10 December 2017 |language=it}} It has been the venue of the annual Sanremo Music Festival competitions since 1977. The name is derived from Ancient Greek {{lang|grc|ἄριστον}} meaning "the best". It was designed between 1943 and 1953 by architects Marco Lavarello and Dante Datta, along with engineers Franco Ravera, Angelo Frisa, and Gino Sacerdote.{{Cite web|url=https://www.domusweb.it/it/architettura/2024/02/07/il-teatro-ariston-di-sanremo.html|title=Dal moderno al pop, come nasce il teatro Ariston di Sanremo|first=Giovanni|last=Comoglio|work=Domus|date=7 February 2024}}