Stefano Vigolo photographs and documents Italian architecture of the interwar decades — the years known in Italy as the Ventennio — from Rationalism and Art Déco to the buildings that fall between the guidebooks. He is a researcher of the period.
Contributions: 125 articles · 81 heritage places · 12 itineraries · 18 photographs
Published on beniculturalionline.it, the Italian archive of this publication, online since 1998. They are being brought into Cultural Heritage Online.
Torre Branca is a steel-frame panoramic tower designed by architect Gio Ponti in 1933, located in Milan’s Parco Sempione. Its observation deck offers views across the city, the Alps, the Apennines, and the Po Valley on clear days.
The Finance Ministry Palace in Littoria, designed by architect Oriolo Frezzotti, was completed in 1931–32 as part of the newly founded city’s administrative infrastructure.
A circular fountain designed by architect Cesare Cattaneo and painter Mario Radice in 1936 for the Camerlata district of Como. This work exemplifies Rationalist design principles of interwar Italy.
A detail of the podium at the Fiat Mirafiori manufacturing plant in Turin, documented by photographer Stefano Vigolo. The sprawling complex stands as a landmark of Italian industrial history.
Palazzo Ronco is a historic palazzo in Biella, Piedmont, designed by Turin architect Gottardo Gussoni in 1925. The building combines Neogothic and Neorenaissance elements across its distinctive C-shaped plan.
A red-brick modernist house on a Capri clifftop, designed and built by writer Curzio Malaparte with a local stonemason. The residence features a striking rooftop patio and reverse pyramidal stairs.
The National Central Library of Florence, designed by architect Cesare Bazzani and completed in 1934, stands as Italy’s largest national library. Located in Piazza dei Cavalleggeri, it represents a major municipal work of the early twentieth century.
The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele III in Messina was designed by architect Camillo Pugliesi Allegra and built between 1924 and 1929. Inaugurated in August 1929, it represents a distinctive blend of Liberty and Art Deco styles.
