Palazzo dell'INPS all'EUR

A carved marble relief panel showing a central winged angel surrounded by standing armored figures, saints, a lion and a dragon. — Bas-relief on the facade with a central winged figure, haloed saints, soldiers, a lion holding a tablet and a dragon at the base, Rome. Photo: Stefano Vigolo, 2010.

Roma · EUR · Rationalist public headquarters

Palazzo dell’INPS all’EUR

The headquarters of Italy’s national social security institute stands on Piazzale delle Nazioni Unite in the EUR district, one of two symmetrical exedra-fronted blocks that frame the entrance to the quarter designed for the 1942 world fair.

At a glance

The building stands on the eastern side of Piazzale delle Nazioni Unite, opposite the former INA palace, at the head of Via Cristoforo Colombo. It was designed by Giovanni Muzio, Mario Paniconi and Giulio Pediconi for the Esposizione Universale di Roma, and has housed INPS offices since its construction.

Key facts

Where: Piazzale delle Nazioni Unite, EUR, Roma
What: Headquarters of the institution
When: 1939 (design assigned; the later wing is documented 1957–1967)
GPS: 41.8358, 12.4709 · Open in Google Maps

History

The building was conceived as part of the E42, the Esposizione Universale planned for 1942 but never held because of the Second World War. A project was assigned between 1938 and 1939 to Giovanni Muzio, Mario Paniconi and Giulio Pediconi. The structure was intended to house the Mostra della Previdenza and was financed by the Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale, which has occupied it ever since. Between 1957 and 1967 Paniconi and Pediconi completed a new wing on Via Ciro il Grande.

What you see

The palace has a curved exedra plan that mirrors the former INA building on the opposite side of the square, a composition inspired by the Markets of Trajan. It is built of reinforced concrete clad in marble from the Apuan Alps. On the upper facade two large rectangular relief panels: one shows a central winged figure with haloed saints and soldiers, and at its base a lion holding a tablet and a dragon; the second has a robed female figure at the centre with armed soldiers raising shields and spears and fallen figures along the lower edge. Documents name two sculptures of 1941: Giuseppe Mazzullo’s Roma contro Cartagine and Mirko Basaldella’s Le repubbliche marinare.

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Nearby

Building of the former INA/INPS – Ministry of Education, University and Research — the symmetrical former INA palace opposite, part of the same exedra composition

Gallery

A white marble relief panel depicting a central female figure surrounded by many soldiers with shields and fallen bodies below. — Second relief panel with a central robed female figure, armed soldiers raising shields and spears, and fallen figures along the bottom Photo: Stefano Vigolo, 2010.

A wide street intersection in front of a large white rationalist building with a long colonnade facade under a blue sky. — Street view of the white rationalist palace with its long portico and a sculpted relief on the upper facade, seen across a wide intersection Photo: Stefano Vigolo, 2010.

Sources

InfoRoma, Palazzo dell’INPS all’EUR: designers, dates, artworks and institutional history
INPS, Roma Eur: current institutional presence in the EUR
Spazio Museo Vespa, Palazzi Inps Inail EUR: EUR context and rationalist character
Minube, Palazzi Inps e Ina a Roma: exedra plan, inspiration and materials
Visit Italy Maps, Inps – Palazzo: project assignment, designers and the 1957–1967 extension
Stefano Vigolo, photographs and notes to the editorial staff (2026): identification of the subject. Not a published source

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