A three-storey brick complex on Piazza Sant’Antonio in Predappio, built between 1929 and 1931 to house the town’s health services, including a small hospital, clinic and tuberculosis dispensary.
At a glance
The Casa dei Sanitari stands on the main square of Predappio, opposite Palazzo Varano. It is a group of three connected buildings planned by Florestano Di Fausto and inaugurated by Benito Mussolini on 29 July 1931. The complex originally provided medical care, accommodation for health staff and administrative offices.
Key facts
- Where: Piazza Sant’Antonio, Predappio
- What: Palace
- When: 1929–1931
- GPS: 44.1019, 11.9810 · Open in Google Maps
History
The Casa dei Sanitari was proposed by the architect Florestano Di Fausto as a second solution for the site, after an earlier plan for a cinema-theatre with a portico and shops. Construction took place between 1929 and 1931. The complex was inaugurated on 29 July 1931 by Benito Mussolini, who used the occasion to announce the imminent construction of the parish church of Sant’Antonio, easing tensions with ecclesiastical authorities over the dissolution of Azione Cattolica. At the time of its construction, Predappio had more than 11,000 inhabitants, almost double the current figure of around 6,500.
What you see
The main façade is in exposed brick with a slight central projection, a horizontal cornice dividing the ground floor from the two upper levels at windowsill height, and a floral frieze crowning the top. The ground floor of the main building originally housed a pharmacy, administrative offices, the caretaker’s quarters, and accommodation for a nurse and ambulance driver. The first floor contained the doctor’s and pharmacist’s apartments, and the top floor had rooms for a nursing assistant, midwife and nuns. Behind the main block, connected by a covered passageway, stands the clinic building with a waiting room, treatment room and patient rooms. Further back is a smaller tuberculosis dispensary with spaces for record collection, medical visits, radiological examinations and bacteriological research. All three buildings have basements originally used as stores and shops.
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Nearby
- Palazzo delle Poste di Predappio — post office building on the same street
- Church of Saint Anthony of Padua, Predappio — parish church on the same square
- Casa del Fascio di Predappio — former Fascist party headquarters
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Sources
- ANCeSCAO Emilia-Romagna, Predappio: tra architettura e Sangiovese: identifies the Casa dei Sanitari as the health building on Piazza Sant’Antonio, described as “una sorta di mini ospedale”
- Made in Predappio, Palazzo della sanità: construction dates 1929–1931, architect Florestano Di Fausto, inauguration by Mussolini on 29 July 1931, layout and room functions
- Stefano Vigolo, photographs and notes to the editorial staff (2026): identification of the subject, coordinates and photographs. Not a published source
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