The monumental reliefs of the Palazzo INA, EUR

Photo 1 shows a marble relief with a winged angel, standing figures, a draped woman, a seated mother with child, and a crocodile. — Marble bas-relief on the facade featuring an angel, classical figures, a mother and child, and a crocodile above stylized waves. Photo: Stefano Vigolo, 2010.

Roma · EUR · Monumental reliefs on a rationalist facade

Two marble bas-reliefs on the curved white facade of the former Palazzo INA in EUR, Rome, documented through photographs and architectural records.

At a glance

The reliefs stand on the exterior of the Palazzo dell’INA in the EUR district of Rome. The building appears in architectural records as the work of Giovanni Muzio, Mario Paniconi, Giulio Pediconi and Gabriele Lungarella. The two photographed reliefs show classical figures in marble, but the exact iconography and the names of the artists who carved them are not documented in the sources found.

Key facts

Where: EUR, 00144 Roma RM
What: Monument
When: not documented in the sources found
GPS: 41.8352, 12.4720 · Open in Google Maps

History

The Palazzo dell’INA is recorded as a project by the architects Giovanni Muzio, Mario Paniconi, Giulio Pediconi and Gabriele Lungarella, as listed in the architectural database Divisare. The building is part of the EUR district of Rome. According to Stefano Vigolo, the photographs were taken in 2010. No document in the sources found gives a date for the reliefs themselves, nor does any name an artist for them.

What you see

The first photograph shows a marble bas-relief with a winged angel, standing figures, a draped woman, a seated mother with child, and a crocodile above stylized waves. The second shows a central draped figure raising a torch, flanked by groups of classical nudes and a reclining figure below. The wider photographs show the reliefs set into the corner of a long, curved white building with a colonnade, seen from across a road.

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Nearby

Building of the former INA/INPS – Ministry of Education, University and Re — close to this building
Palazzo dell’INPS all’EUR — close to this building
Palazzo dei Congressi — EUR by Adalberto Libera — close to this building

Gallery

Photo 2 shows a second marble relief with a central draped figure holding a torch, flanked by groups of classical figures, with a prone figure below. — Second marble relief with a central standing figure raising a torch, flanked by classical nudes and a reclining figure below Photo: Stefano Vigolo, 2010.

Photo 3 shows a long curved white building with a colonnade along a road with a fountain in the foreground. — Wide view of the curved white Palazzo INA with its long colonnade, seen across a road and a circular fountain Photo: Stefano Vigolo, 2010.

Photo 4 shows a white modern building with corner reliefs, a colonnade, traffic lights and a crosswalk in the foreground. — Street view of the white rationalist building with corner bas-reliefs, colonnade, traffic lights and a zebra crossing Photo: Stefano Vigolo, 2010.

Sources

Divisare, Giovanni Muzio, Mario Paniconi, Giulio Pediconi, Gabriele Lungarella · Palazzo dell’INA · Divisare: architects of the Palazzo dell’INA, EUR, Rome
Stefano Vigolo, photographs and notes to the editorial staff (2026): identification of the subject and its location. Not a published source

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