Guido Alessi Elementary School, Rome

Facade of the school with the inscription 'SCUOLA ELEMENTARE GUIDO ALESSI', central tall windows and an entrance portal with stairs — Front view of the Guido Alessi elementary school, showing its central glazed bays, the entrance portal and the inscription above. Photo: Stefano Vigolo, 2010.

Roma · Flaminio · School building on via Flaminia

A state primary and lower secondary school on via Flaminia, housed in a large building designed by Pietro Aschieri in the early 1930s and opened in 1932.

At a glance

The school stands in the Flaminio quarter, at via Flaminia 225, close to the Auditorium Parco della Musica. It is part of the Istituto Comprensivo via P. A. Micheli. The building is described by the school’s own pages as a “prestigious” structure designed by the architect Pietro Aschieri and inaugurated on 28 October 1932, with a ceremony attended by Benito Mussolini.

Key facts

Where: Via Flaminia 225, 00196 Roma
What: School building
When: 1932 (inauguration)
GPS: 41.9231, 12.4709 · Open in Google Maps

History

The Governorate of Rome called a tender for the construction of a school building in 1930, in response to the expansion of the area between the Lungotevere, via Flaminia and via Cesare Fracassini. Work began on 29 May 1931 and was completed on 26 October 1932. The school was inaugurated on 28 October 1932 in an official ceremony attended by the then Provveditore agli Studi Francesco Colimei and by the head of government Benito Mussolini. It was named after Guido Alessi, a gold medal for military valour, born in Rome on 23 May 1890 and killed on the Montello hill on 19 June 1918.

When it opened, the building housed 26 elementary classes and 4 classes of a female vocational school. During the Second World War, after the bombing of Rome, parts of the school were requisitioned and used to house displaced families. The building returned to school use after the war.

What you see

The photographs show a symmetrical front on via Flaminia with a central entrance block set back from the side wings. The central portal is marked by three vertical bands of glazing and is reached by a staircase. The side wings have smooth surfaces with uniform windows. Above the entrance the inscription reads “SCUOLA ELEMENTARE GUIDO ALESSI”. A large white multi-storey volume is visible from the street corner, and a billboard appears in one of the photographs. The building’s decorative treatment is described by a school history as emphasising the hierarchy and uses of the interior spaces.

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Nearby

Scuola Elementare Filippo Corridoni, Fano (Mario De Renzi) — Another Italian school of the same period, designed by an architect working in the 1930s.
Scuola Elementare «Giovanni Pascoli», Senigallia (Marcello Diamantini) — A primary school from the same decade, showing comparable architectural concerns.

Gallery

Corner view of a large white multi-storey school building at a street crossing with traffic lights and a crosswalk — The school seen from the street corner, with traffic lights, a pedestrian crossing and a billboard at the intersection Photo: Stefano Vigolo, 2010.

Facade of the school framed by tree branches, with steps, entrance doors and parked cars — The symmetrical facade of the school with its staircase entrance, framed by overhanging tree branches Photo: Stefano Vigolo, 2010.

Sources

Ministero dell’Istruzione e del Merito, Chi siamo – ALESSI – Scuola in Chiaro: school code, address, pupil numbers and head teacher
Istituto Comprensivo via P. A. Micheli, Plesso “Guido Alessi” – Scuola Primaria e Secondaria di Primo grado: location in Flaminio, architect Pietro Aschieri, early 1930s design, school facilities
Piuculture, Scuola secondaria di I grado G. Alessi: address via Flaminia 223, school hours and services
tecnologialanzi, breve storia della scuola Guido Alessi: construction dates, inauguration, naming, war requisition, architectural description
AIMA, Scuola Guido Alessi – Scuola di Musica riconosciuta dalla Regione Lazio: position near Auditorium Parco della Musica
Stefano Vigolo, photographs and notes to the editorial staff (2026): identification of the subject and geographic coordinates. Not a published source

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