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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. Now unused the building is
a relic to a less than illustrious past and it is almost impossible
to find any books on fascist architecture from this period.
Did you know? Like
many of the government buildings in E.U.R. it was never used and
lies empty to this date.
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