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Palazzo della Civilta Italiana
TITLEPalazzo della Civilta Italiana
ARCHITECT/BUILDERMarcello Piacentini (Director of EUR); Giovanni Guerrini, Ernesto Bruno La Padula and Mario Romano
NATIONItaly
SITEEUR, E.42, Esposizione Universale Roma
DETAILExterior
CITYRome
STATE or REGIONLazio, Roma province
CE DATE OF CONSTRUCTION1938-1943
OBJECT/BUILDING NAMEPalazzo della Civiltà Italiana; Square Colosseum; Palazzo della Civiltà del Lavoro (Palace of the Civilisation of Labour)
MATERIALSSurface is travertine marble
TYPEBusiness complex; Palace
STYLEFascist; Italian Rationalism; Italian Modernism; Simplified Neoclassicism
OTHER TERMSColosseo Quadrato
NOTESBegun in 1935 by Mussolini for the 1942 world exhibition as a symbol of fascism.
DIGITAL COLLECTIONCities and Buildings Database
SLIDE NUMBERvr76
CONTACT INFORMATIONAll files on this site are copyright controlled as indicated. Copying, printing, or distributing any of them without the permission of the copyright holder is expressly prohibited. For further information please contact Prof. Meredith Clausen at: mlc@u.washington.edu
PHOTOGRAPHERReed, Vicki
DATE OF PHOTOGRAPH2010
SOURCEReed, Vicki
COPYRIGHT HOLDERVicki Reed
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