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: 561 articles · 145 heritage places · 687 events · 12 itineraries · 249 photographs
Published on beniculturalionline.it, the Italian archive of this publication, online since 1998. They are being brought into Cultural Heritage Online.
Mario Castoldi (Zibido San Giacomo, 26 February 1888 – 31 May 1968), chief designer at Aeronautica Macchi and author of the record-breaking seaplanes of the M.C. series, died in 1968. He is counted among the great…
Mario Castoldi (Zibido San Giacomo, 26 February 1888 – 31 May 1968), aeronautical engineer, was from 1922 chief designer at Aeronautica Macchi. He drew the series of racing seaplanes that won the Schneider Trophy and…
Gianni Caproni (Massone d’Arco, 3 July 1886 – Rome, 27 October 1957), founder in 1908 of the aircraft company that carries his name, died in Rome. His collection of aircraft and documents is kept today in the Museo…
Gianni Caproni (Massone d’Arco, 3 July 1886 – Rome, 27 October 1957), engineer and aviation pioneer, founded in 1908 one of the first Italian aircraft companies. He built large bombers and experimental machines and…
Italo Balbo (Ferrara, 6 June 1896 – Tobruk, 28 June 1940) died in Libya, where he was governor-general, when his aircraft was shot down in error by Italian anti-aircraft fire. As Minister of Aeronautics he had tied his…
Italo Balbo (Ferrara, 6 June 1896 – Tobruk, 28 June 1940), a leading Fascist and Minister of Aeronautics, organised and led the great transatlantic air cruises of 1930–31 and 1933, which took formations of Italian…
Ferrara modernised on its own terms between the wars. Alongside the old city, a new westward quarter — the Addizione
Four stops through interwar Ferrara and its plain: the Stadio Paolo Mazza, the monumental Acquedotto on Piazza XXIV Maggio and
Tazio Nuvolari (Castel d’Ario, 16 November 1892 – Mantua, 11 August 1953) died at Mantua at sixty. The winner of dozens of grands prix and of the great road races of his time, he is remembered as one of the most…
Tazio Nuvolari (Castel d’Ario, 16 November 1892 – Mantua, 11 August 1953), nicknamed «the flying Mantuan», was first a motorcycle champion and then the dominant driver of motor racing between the wars: European champion…
