Ponte della Serra di Val Roana, Roana (1924)
A reinforced-concrete bridge designed by engineer Eugenio Miozzi in the Veneto region during the 1920s, part of Italy’s postwar reconstruction efforts.
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
War Memorial in Macerata by Cesare Bazzani
Cesare Bazzani designed this monument to those who died in war and revolution for the city of Macerata in 1930. The work exemplifies the architect’s engagement with civic commemorative architecture during the interwar period.
The Pavesi P4: Italy’s Four-Wheel Drive Innovation
Designed by engineer Ugo Pavesi in 1918, the P4 was Italy’s first four-wheel-drive tractor and found greater success in military service than agriculture.
Italy’s 1911 International Exposition: Tourism Promotion Through Art
A 1911 poster by designer RAM promoted Italy’s attractions abroad during the early 20th century, when foreign tourism had become an important source of national income.
Maserati’s 8CTF: Italy’s Indianapolis 500 Winner
Built between 1938 and 1939, Maserati’s 8CTF single-seater racing car became the only Italian car to win the Indianapolis 500, piloted by Wilbur Shaw in 1939 and 1940.
Fontana Angelica, Turin, by Riva (1934)
The Fontana Angelica is a fountain designed by Riva in 1934, located in Piazza Solferino in the historic centre of Turin. Created during Italy’s interwar period, it represents early twentieth-century civic design.
Vases with Magnolias by Bruno Croatto, 1929
A 1929 painting by Italian artist Bruno Croatto depicting vases arranged with magnolia flowers. Croatto, a painter associated with magical realism, created this work during his mature period.
Advertising Poster by Leonetto Cappiello, circa 1925
An advertising poster designed by Leonetto Cappiello around 1925, exemplifying his revolutionary approach to poster art. The work demonstrates Cappiello’s signature technique of bold figures set against dark backgrounds.
Le ragazze di Palermo by Renato Guttuso, 1940
Renato Guttuso’s 1940 painting Le ragazze di Palermo presents a work from the Sicilian artist during the interwar period, exemplifying his engagement with social observation.
Convalescente by Baccio Maria Bacci, 1930
Baccio Maria Bacci’s Convalescente dates to 1930, a work by the Florentine painter of the Tuscan Novecento movement. The painting exemplifies Bacci’s mature practice after his early Futurist-influenced period.