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.

Original Location:

Roma

Current Location:

Piazzale della Farnesina, Roma

Style(s):

Monumental

Author(s):

Enrico Del Debbio

Additional Author(s):

Arnaldo Foschini
Vittorio Ballio Morpurgo

Project Start Date :

1934

Building Phase Start Date :

1937

Building Phase End Date :

1943

Tag(s) :

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

Theme(s) :

Stile littorio