Cinecittà Entrance by Peressutti and Roncoroni, Rome 1936–37
A photograph of the entrance to Cinecittà, Rome’s vast film studio complex, designed by architect Gino Peressutti and engineer Carlo Roncoroni and completed in 1937.
Photographer & Researcher
Stefano Vigolo
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
2,828 articles on the Italian archive
Published on beniculturalionline.it, the Italian archive of this publication, online since 1998. They are being brought into Cultural Heritage Online.
- Stazione di servizio A.G.I.P. (u00a0 Azienda Generale Italiana Petroli ) oggi Stazione di servizio Tamoil - Asmara , Eritrea
- La torre e il treno - Giorgio De Chirico - 1934 ( Stefano Vigolo )
- Villino oggi Sede dell' Ambasciata Etiope in Eritrea - Asmara , Eritrea - Arch. Pietro Del Fabro - 1938
- Fontana di Ghezzabanda oggi Fontana Mai Jah Jah - Asmara , Eritrea - Arch. Lorenzo Azzolini - 1939
- Palazzo Manifatturau00a0Tabacchi oggi Palazzo British e American Tobacco Eritrea - Asmara , Eritrea. 1938
- Edificio abitazione , Quartiere Alfa Romeo - Asmara , Eritrea
- Particolare Bar all'interno del Cinema Odeon - Asmara , Eritrea - Arch. Giuseppe Zacche e Giuseppe Borziani - 1937
- Fabbrica Alfa Romeo - Asmara , Eritrea - 1937
- Cinema Odeon - Asmara , Eritrea - Arch. Giuseppe Zacche e Giuseppe Borziani - 1937
- Edificio abitazione e negozi - Asmara , Eritrea
- Caserma della M.V.S.N ( Milizia Volontaria Sicurezza Nazionale ) oggi Palazzo della Banca d'Eritrea - Asmara , Eritrea
- Cinema Augustus oggi Cinema Capitol - Asmara , Eritrea - Arch. R. Saviele - 1938
Teatro Francesco Paolo Tosti, Ortona (1929–30)
The Teatro Francesco Paolo Tosti in Ortona, Abruzzo, is the municipal theatre designed by engineer Tommaso Pincione and completed in 1929–30. Positioned on the Passeggiata Orientale overlooking the Adriatic Sea, it reflects the city’s early twentieth-century civic ambitions.
Royal School of Engineering, Pisa by Pera and Severini
The Royal School of Engineering in Pisa, designed by Luigi Pera and Federigo Severini and completed in 1937, now serves as the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Pisa.
Macchi M.39, Mario Castoldi, 1926
The Macchi M.39 was a racing seaplane designed by Mario Castoldi for the 1926 Schneider Cup. It represented a shift in Italian aircraft design toward the parasol-wing configuration used by British and American competitors.
Mosaics of the Italico Courtyard, Angelo Canevari, Forlì
Angelo Canevari designed decorative mosaics depicting the history of flight for the courtyard of the former Aeronautical College in Forlì. The mosaics reflect the artist’s mastery of this medium across major Italian public commissions.
Torre Littoria (Reale Mutua Skyscraper), Turin, 1933–34
Designed by architects Armando Melis de Villa, Giovanni Bernocco and Giorgio Scanagatta, the Torre Littoria rose in Turin’s historic centre as Italy’s most prominent Rationalist residential tower.
Young Soldier Detail, War Memorial by Ercole Drei, Certosa di Bologna
A sculptural detail from Ercole Drei’s 1933 War Memorial in the Certosa di Bologna, depicting a young soldier. The work stands within the historic Carthusian monastery, now Bologna’s Monumental Cemetery.
Teatro Solvay, Rosignano Marittimo (1925)
The Teatro Solvay is a theatre built by the Solvay chemical company in Rosignano Marittimo, Tuscany, as part of a comprehensive welfare programme for factory workers and their families.
Stella Maris Colony, Pescara by Francesco Leoni, 1938–39
The former Stella Maris Colony in Pescara, designed by architect Francesco Leoni, was built in 1938–39. This Rationalist seaside facility represents interwar Italian institutional architecture.
ICP Housing Block, Garbatella by Innocenzo Sabbatini
A residential building designed by architect Innocenzo Sabbatini for the Istituto Case Popolari in Rome’s Garbatella neighbourhood, completed in 1928.