Antonio Franconi

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☨ Antonio Franconi
Profession	circus director
Personal details
Born	1737 Venice in Italy
Dead	1836 Paris in France
Country	France

Locations
Title	owner -1836
Location	at Circus Franconi in France

Biography details

Antonio Franconi , circus director in France

Born 1737 in Italy dead 1836 in France .

During the French Revolution, the master of Astley’s birds, Antonio Franconi (1737 in Venice, Italy - 1836 in Paris, France), leased the theatre from his employer and Franconi’s Cirque Olympique became the first French circus. Franconi and his sons made many improvements to their theatre, including setting the diameter of the circus ring at 13m, which remains the standard to this day.

Franconis sons Henri and Minette took over the Circus 1836 after their fathers death.

Family

Total: 3 children

Minette Franconi.
Laurent Franconi. Born: 1776. Dead: † 1849-05-14
Henri Franconi. Born: 1779-11-04. Dead: † 1849-07-22

Antonio Franconi is mentioned on 3 other person pagesJacques Tourniaire, Jean Franconi, Minette Franconi,

Antonio Franconi is mentioned on 1 location pagesCircus Franconi,

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). director Antonio Franconi in France. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 1 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=3192. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

https://francetoday.com/culture/a-history-of-the-french-circus/

Selected publications

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