Italian Architectural Heritage from the Fascist Era
A closed Facebook group launched in May 2021 aims to document and preserve Italian architecture built between 1922 and 1943, following the removal of a related public page.
Architecture
Monumento alla Vittoria, Bolzano: Piacentini
The Monumento alla Vittoria in Bolzano was designed by architect Marcello Piacentini between 1926 and 1928. An important example of interwar Italian architecture, the monument reflects Piacentini’s urban vision and design methodology.
War Memorial of Imola by Giovanni Battista Milani
The Monumento ai Caduti in Imola, Bologna, designed by architect Giovanni Battista Milani with sculptural work by Angelo Zanelli, was completed in 1928.
Casa del Fascio, Taranto by Cesare Bazzani
Cesare Bazzani designed this civic building in Taranto in 1937. It stands as a documented example of Italian Rationalist architecture from the interwar period.
Colonia Federazione Fascista Varese, Cervia: Loreti
A residential colony designed by Roman engineer Mario Loreti in Cervia, Ravenna between 1937 and 1939 for the Fascist Federation of Varese.
Palazzo di Giustizia and Casa del Mutilato, Milan
Two monumental buildings designed by Marcello Piacentini and engineer Luigi Lorenzo Secchi in Milan between 1932 and 1942, representing Rationalist architecture of the Italian interwar period.
Palazzo della Triennale, Milan by Giovanni Muzio
Giovanni Muzio’s Palazzo della Triennale in Milan (1931–1933) exemplifies the stripped-down classicism of the Novecento Italiano movement.
Palazzo della Borsa, Milan by Paolo Mezzanotte
The Palazzo della Borsa in Milan, designed by architect Paolo Mezzanotte and engineer Vittorio Mezzanotte, was completed in 1932 as the headquarters of the Italian stock exchange.
Casa del Balilla, Pavia
A Rationalist building designed for the Fascist youth organization, completed in Pavia in 1935.