Projects that best reflect the strong points of the Travertino Romano Industry.
The Paolo VI Hall, also known as the Hall of Pontifical Audiences or Nervi Hall (named after its architect, Pier Luigi Nervi) is a vast auditorium in Vatican City. The building is found on the border between the Italian State and the Vatican State, located for the most part on Italian land but enjoying extraterritoriality status in favour of the Holy See.
This striking modern building – the first built in the Vatican City – is completely clad in 4 cm thick travertine slabs (covering approx. 6,000m2). The material comes from the “Le Fosse” quarry, the same quarry from which the travertine used to build St Peter’s Basilica was extracted. The outside cornice and the frames of the two elliptical windows were created with solid travertine blocks.
The hall is preceded by a spacious atrium and can host up to 12,000 people. The building is characterised by its unique parabolic vault which draws the observer’s attention towards the stage upon which stands Pericle Fazzini’s bronze sculpture of the Resurrection (between 1970 and 1975).
In 2008 the roof was covered with a 2,400 solar panel photovoltaic system which covers at least one quarter of the energy required for the Hall and the nearby buildings.
