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: 154 articles · 83 heritage places · 3 events · 12 itineraries · 21 photographs
Published on beniculturalionline.it, the Italian archive of this publication, online since 1998. They are being brought into Cultural Heritage Online.
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.
The Palazzo dell’Arte in Milan’s Parco Sempione, designed by Giovanni Muzio between 1931 and 1933, houses the Triennale di Milano museum and its integrated theatre.
Cinema Impero is an Art Deco cinema in Asmara, Eritrea, built in 1937 by architect Mario Messina. The largest movie theater constructed in Asmara during Italian colonial rule, it remains structurally sound and operational.
A command pavilion designed by Raffaello Fagnoni for the Royal School of Aeronautics in Florence, built 1937–1938. The structure exemplifies Italian Rationalist architecture of the interwar period.
Stadio Porta Elisa is a multi-use stadium in Lucca built in the 1930s. Originally designed to hold 12,000 spectators, it now accommodates approximately 7,400 due to modern safety regulations.
A sculptural entrance detail by Mario Moschi for the officers’ club of Florence’s Royal Aeronautics Application School, completed in 1937–38. The building exemplifies Italian Rationalist architecture of the interwar period.
A Novecento-style palace on Milan’s Piazza del Duomo, designed by Portaluppi, Muzio, Magistretti and Griffini. Today it houses the Museo del Novecento.
Designed by Enrico Del Debbio, Arnaldo Foschini, and Vittorio Ballio Morpurgo, this building in the Foro Italico complex now houses the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
A Rationalist automotive garage designed by engineer Eugenio Miozzi for the National Insurance Institute, built at Piazzale Roma in Venice during the early 1930s.
