Curated Itinerary
Forlì–Predappio Rationalism RoadBook — Five Stops in the Regime’s Showcase (1925–1939)
Five stops across Forlì and Predappio, the two Romagna towns the regime rebuilt as its showcase: Bazzani’s post office on […]
Five stops across Forlì and Predappio, the two Romagna towns the regime rebuilt as its showcase: Bazzani’s post office on Piazza Saffi, Cesare Valle’s Casa del Balilla and Collegio Aeronautico, and the post office and abandoned Casa del Fascio of the planned town of Predappio Nuova. Read the full story in the dedicated article Two Post Offices and a Thirty-Metre Tower: A Forlì–Predappio Rationalism RoadBook (1925–1939), by Stefano Vigolo.
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Palazzo delle Poste di Forli — Bazzani 1932
Cesare Bazzani signed the design in January 1931 and the building opened on 30 October 1932, a single twenty-month sprint that left Forlì with one of the…
Casa del Balilla di Forlì
Built between 1933 and 1935 to the design of Roman architect Cesare Valle, the Casa del Balilla of Forlì was conceived as a full youth and sports complex for…
Collegio Aeronautico di Forli (Liceo Morgagni)
Cesare Valle's Collegio Aeronautico opened in 1939 as a boarding school for Italian Air Force cadets, set on the eastern edge of Forli's monumental civic…
Palazzo delle Poste di Predappio
The Palazzo delle Poste of Predappio is the post and telegraph building of Predappio Nuova, the new town centre laid out from 1925 on the valley floor of the…
Casa del Fascio di Predappio
The former Casa del Fascio in Predappio is the largest party headquarters built in any small Italian town during the Fascist regime. Inaugurated in 1937 at…
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