EUR: Viale Civilta del Lavoro

Piacentini, Marcello
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/109676
Date
1936-1954
Description
The spring block for the arches; In his role as Mussolini's architectural coordinator Piacentini also assumed responsibility in 1936 for the site of the Esposizione Universale of Rome (EUR), to be inaugurated in 1942. It is now a large business center and suburban complex. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 2/1/2008)
Type of Work
street; ideal city
Subject
architectural exteriors, business, commerce and trade, cityscapes, City planning, Esposizione universale di Roma (1942 : Rome, Italy), Fascism, ideal cities, Novecento italiano, rationalism (architecture)
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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