FRANCESCA POMPEI
Porte Saint Martin sur scène

The Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, is a unique place that was originally conceived as a location to host the Paris Opéra under the order of Marie-Antoinette in 1781. Built just in two months and inaugurated in front of the queen, it was destroyed by a fire during the Paris Commune and replaced with a new building designed by the architect Oscar de la Chardonnière in 1881. The interiors keep their elegance with a French touch: the stage, the red seats in the audience, the curved domes in the balconies, the decorated ceiling, everything meshes to create an immersive place to tell histories to live and enjoy by the magic of the drama.

Author
A Philosophy graduate, Francesca Pompei is specialised in Art and Architecture Photography and her professional collaborations include projects for AD-Italia, the Vatican City State, Emre Arolat Architecture, Jaca Book, Living Corriere della Sera, Artribune, Venaria Reale, the Cultural Heritage Ministry and the Italian Embassy in Doha.
Artist selected to celebrate Italy’s Republic Day 2020 and 2021, she is winner of prestigious competitions such as Architecture MasterPrize 2022 and The Art of Building. Her work is included in the Annuario d'Arte Italiana 2022 promoted by Quadriennale di Roma and published by Treccani.
Her projects have been published on an international level and exhibited as part of solo and group exhibitions.
She is a member of PhotoVogue, in addition to her role as a Professor of Photography in the Image and Storytelling Studio course of the Faculty of Architecture in La Sapienza University in Rome.
Since 2025 she has been member of the Freelancers Network of The

Website
https://www.francescapompei.it/

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