Rationalist architecture in Lazio is unexpected and extraordinary. Apart from Rome, the centre of the region, we are going to describe an itinerary through the four cities founded in the 1930s which fascinate visitors with the simplicity of their architecture. Impossible not to recall the most famous paintings by Giorgio De Chirico.
Indicated in the Town Plan of 1909, in a large area named Prati della Farnesina, far from the historical centre, is a green area generically destined for the public. In this space, Renato Ricci, founder and president of the O.N.B. (Opera Nazionale Balilla) an...
Fearing air raids on Rome, Mussolini had two new bunkers built, one at Villa Torlonia and one at Villa Savoia, the latter presumably dating to around the years 1940 - 1941. The bunker at Villa Savoia was carved from within the tufaceous bank of the Colle delle Cavalle...
Acronym for the Universal Roman Exposition, the EUR is a completely new district, conceived in the architecture of the 1920s, and created precisely in view of the new vision of the imagined world. In reality, The Universal Exposition never took place, due to the...