Grattacielo Piccolo, Fiume by Raoul Puhali
A modest skyscraper designed by Italian engineer Raoul Puhali and completed in 1940 in Fiume, Croatia. The building survived Allied bombing during World War II.
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: 516 articles · 106 heritage places · 7 events · 12 itineraries · 89 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
Il bacino di San Marco a Venezia by Aldo Carpi
A 1937 painting of Venice’s lagoon by Italian artist Aldo Carpi, now held in the Fondazione Cariplo collection. The work depicts the expansive waters of San Marco basin with boats, while the city recedes into the background.
Palazzo del Banco di Roma, Milan, by Cesare Scoccimarro
A 1939–40 banking palace in Milan designed by architect Cesare Scoccimarro, now headquarters of UniCredit. The building reflects the architectural priorities of its era.
Monument to Francesco Petrarca by Alessandro Lazzerini, Arezzo (1928)
A sculptural monument to the medieval poet Francesco Petrarca, created by Italian sculptor Alessandro Lazzerini and installed in Arezzo in 1928.
Palazzo Gualino, Turin: Levi-Montalcini & Pagano, 1928–30
An office building designed by architects Gino Levi-Montalcini and Giuseppe Pagano for entrepreneur Riccardo Gualino, Palazzo Gualino stands as an important example of early Italian rationalist architecture.
Ex Caserma Pastrengo, Ferrara, by Virgilio Coltro
A monumental barracks designed by engineer Virgilio Coltro and constructed from 1925 to 1926 in Ferrara. Originally built as a Carabinieri station, it now houses provincial offices.
Bank of Italy Palace, Taranto, by Cesare Bazzini (1937)
A 1937 palazzo in Taranto designed by engineer Cesare Bazzini originally housed the Bank of Italy. The building now serves as home to the School of Medicine of the University of Bari’s Taranto campus.
Ospedale Antonio Cardarelli, Naples, by Alessandro Rimini
The Ospedale Antonio Cardarelli in Naples was designed by architect Alessandro Rimini between 1927 and 1934. Today it stands as the largest hospital in Campania and a national centre of excellence.
Palazzo Troise, Naples, by Alessandro Carnelli (1934–36)
A Rationalist palace built in central Naples between 1934 and 1936, designed by architect Alessandro Carnelli as offices and residences on the site of a sixteenth-century aristocratic dwelling.
Galleria Pasa, Rome: Bazzani’s Urban Tunnel (1938–1940)
An urban tunnel beneath the Janiculum Hill in Rome, designed by architect Cesare Bazzani and completed in 1940. Originally called the Galleria Gianicolense, it now bears the name of Prince Amedeo of Savoy-Aosta.