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The E.U.R. Project was initiated in the 1920's - financed and
inspired by the fascist Mussolini Government of the period the project
was never completed - the second world war and summary execution
of Mussolini put a stop to his plans. Nevertheless, E.U.R. remains
one of the most fascinating areas of Rome and its' surreal architecture
has inspired many modern artists including Di Chirico many of whose
paintings were inspired by this surreal area of Rome. This particular
building the Palazzo della Civilita or il Colosseo Quadrato (square
collosseum) as it is popularly known was the work of Guerrini. Commissioned
and completed in the early thirties The architectural style is technically
known as "bombastic modernism" but in everyday language
it is fascist... Indeed EU.R. is full of fascist inspired architecture
with the Palazzo della Civilita being one of the f most famous buildings
in E.U.R and Rome. Recently il Colosseo Quadrato was used by a major
sports company for a TV commercial which outraged Rome's cultural
minister and benefactor of the arts.
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Palazzo della Civiltà |
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| Colosseum | Parliament | Pantheon | Spanish Steps | Palazzo della Civiltà |
Did You Know? Like
many of the government buildings in E.U.R. it was never used and
lies empty to this date. |
We look forward to seeing you at the Hotel Castello della Castelluccia in Rome! |
