Artefacts

Palazzo dei Ricevimenti e dei Congressi

Artefact Type:

building

Description:
Eclectic building with rationalist as well as monumentalist elements, part of the EUR project, a majestic architectural complex designed to host the 1942 world's fair which should celebrate the 20th anniversary of Fascism's rise to power.

Author:
> Adalberto Libera
Original Location:
> Viale della Civiltà del Lavoro
Original Location:
> Rome
Style:
> Monumental
Style:
> Rationalist
Project Start Date:
1937
Building Phase Start Date:
1939
Building Phase End Date:
1943

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

Themes:

Italian Rationalism