Santa Maria Novella Railway Station, Florence
Florence’s principal railway station, designed by the Gruppo Toscano collective and completed in 1935, exemplifies Italian Rationalist architecture of the interwar period.
Architecture
Casa del Fascio, Intra: Luigi Vietti, 1933
A Rationalist civic building designed by architect Luigi Vietti in the Piedmont town of Intra, now part of Verbania. Built in 1933, it exemplifies the geometric and functional principles of Italian Rationalism.
Stabilimento Roma at Ostia by G. B. Milani, 1924
The Stabilimento Roma was a seaside resort designed by engineer Giovanni Battista Milani in Ostia, Rome, built between 1924 and 1927. The structure was destroyed during the Nazi occupation in World War II.
War Memorial in Pordenone by Aurelio Mistruzzi
A monumental sculpture dedicated to fallen soldiers, created by Italian sculptor Aurelio Mistruzzi and installed in Pordenone in 1929.
Palazzo delle Poste, Palermo by Angiolo Mazzoni
The Palazzo delle Poste in Palermo, designed by architect Angiolo Mazzoni in 1934, exemplifies Rationalist public architecture of Italy’s interwar period.
Palazzo delle Poste, Naples by Vaccaro and Franzi
The Palazzo delle Poste in Naples, designed by architects Giuseppe Vaccaro and Gino Franzi between 1933 and 1936, exemplifies Italian Rationalist architecture of the interwar period.
Palazzo delle Poste, Carrara by Giuseppe Boni
The Palazzo delle Poste in Carrara was designed by architect Giuseppe Boni between 1932 and 1934. Built during Italy’s interwar period, the postal palace exemplifies the architectural practice of its time.
Monument to the Fallen, Genoa: Piacentini
Marcello Piacentini designed this monument to the fallen in Genoa in 1931. The work represents a key example of monumental architecture from the interwar period.
Palazzo delle Poste, Grosseto by Angiolo Mazzoni
A post office building in Grosseto, Tuscany, designed by architect Angiolo Mazzoni in 1931–32. Built during Italy’s interwar modernization of public infrastructure.