A first movie theater was established on Via Mazzini in 1907, by Guido Lumachi, a photographer and pioneer of cinematography in Grosseto, who had organized the first screenings at the
Teatro degli Industri. The "Cinema Splendor" was inaugurated on 2 November 1907, and was managed by the Società Esercizio Teatri e Cinematografi of
Livorno, whose director, Virginio Milanese, ordered expansion work and equipped it with a stage, reopening it in 1913. At the end of
World War I, Lumachi sold the business to Giovanni Marraccini (1886–1965), who planned the construction of a monumental building to replace the "Splendor", entrusting the project to the Roman engineer Renato Della Rocca. The works, which began in 1925, were completed the following year, and the new "Cinema Savoia" was inaugurated on 11 October 1926. Initially used as both a cinema and a theater, the building was renovated and designated exclusively for screenings in the years immediately following the end of
World War II, with the removal of the stage. On that occasion, the cinema took the name of its owner, Marraccini. Another renovation occurred in 1973, designed by Bruno Pedotti, when an air conditioning system was installed and the skylight was removed. After nearly twenty years of abandonment, the building was purchased at auction by the Municipality of Grosseto on 25 October 2022. == References ==