Church of Borgo Mezzanone: Sandri & Canevari (1935)
A rural church designed by architect Domenico Sandri and engineer Giovanbattista Canevari for the newly founded settlement of Borgo Mezzanone near Foggia in 1934–35.
Architecture
Bologna Certosa Monument: Giulio Ulisse Arata (1932)
A monument designed by architect Giulio Ulisse Arata in 1931–32 within the Sixth Cloister of Bologna’s Certosa, a former Carthusian monastery turned monumental cemetery.
Palazzo Banco di Napoli by Marcello Piacentini (1940)
A Rationalist palazzo in central Naples, designed by Marcello Piacentini in 1939–40 for the Bank of Naples. Since 2022 it has housed the Naples branch of the Intesa Sanpaolo Galleries d’Italia.
Spiral Staircase Stadio Artemio Franchi: Pier Nervi
A spiralling staircase detail from Florence’s Stadio Artemio Franchi, designed by engineer Pier Luigi Nervi and completed in the early 1930s. The structure exemplifies Nervi’s pioneering approach to reinforced concrete construction.
Twin Palazzine in Forlì by Cesare Bazzani (1933)
Two symmetrical residential buildings designed by architect Cesare Bazzani in Forlì in 1933, exemplifying early twentieth-century Italian architectural practice.
Palazzo Brasini at Idroscalo Taranto (1925): Navy
Armando Brasini’s Palazzo Brasini, built in 1925 at the Idroscalo in Taranto, now houses the Scuola Volontari Aeronautica Militare.
Stadio Ferruccio in Seregno (1934): Rationalism
A multipurpose sports facility built in 1934 in the Lombardy town of Seregno, designed in the Italian Rationalist style of the interwar period.
Art Déco, Art Nouveau and Italian Liberty Compared
Art Deco, Art Nouveau, and Italian Liberty (also known as Italian Art Nouveau ) are three significant artistic and architectural movements that have…
San Candido Military Sacrarium: Greppi & Castiglioni
The San Candido Military Sacrarium, designed by architect Giovanni Greppi and sculptor Giannino Castiglioni, was built in 1939 in the Prato Valley near Bolzano. The circular fortification-style structure houses 228 fallen soldiers from the First World War.