Artefacts

Palazzo del Littorio, then Palazzo della Farnesina

Artefact Type:

building

Description:
Monumental building which should have served as the new Fascist party headquarters in Rome; the competition for its design and building sparked one of the most heated and significant debates on architecture during Fascism.

Author:
> Enrico Del Debbio
Additional Author:
> Arnaldo Foschini
Additional Author:
> Vittorio Ballio Morpurgo
Original Location:
> Rome
Current Location:
> Piazzale della Farnesina
Style:
> Monumental
Project Start Date:
1934
Building Phase Start Date:
1937
Building Phase End Date:
1943

Tags: Monumentalism State art Totalitarian art Public or civic sphere Statalization Public spectacle Visibility

Themes:

Stile littorio