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In 1933 the “Immobiliare Tirrena” Company assigns to Adalberto Libera the project for six twin “palazzine” (a typology for middle and upper classes, that were regulated in Rome in 1920s) in two lots, one opposite the other, along Viale dell’Ippodromo, now Viale della Vittoria. In the end the buildings built were only two. The buildings [...]
It was designed in 1929 by the architect Mario Marchi, who was also the author of another building in nearby Piazza dei Ravennati. "the parrot", a nickname given to the building, comes from the particular polycromy of the surfaces (yellow, green, red). The building belongs to the transitional phase between traditionalist and modern architecture named [...]
The complex was designed by the architect Camillo Palmerini for the Rome Public Housing Institute (I.C.P.). It was built in 1926 by the construction Company Soc. An. Fert.: the company was in the end rewarded by the applicant for the quickness in executing and completing the project. The lot has a trapezoidal shape and overlooks [...]
It is a complex which was designed in 1932 by the architect Italo Mancini for Public Housing Istitute for State Employees. The buildings were inaugurated in 1933 by Benito Mussolini. The two ‘villini’, small 2 or 3 storeys high residential buildings, on the front line (type "B") are on two levels, so they can leave [...]
It was designed in 1934 by Giuseppe Boni, San Luca academic and vice secretary of the National Fascist Architects Trade Union. Benito Mussolini strongly wanted this building: he was present at the first stone ceremony and at the inauguration of the building (on November 4th 1936). The Naval College was originally built to give a [...]
The O.N.B. (Opera Nazionale Balilla) was designed in 1936 by Paolo Benadusi. It has a perimeter scheme and is composed by three sectors joined together: this solution allows to leave a central area for open air activities. The complex has large dormitories able to accommodate up to 300 children. The architecture design shows a rational approach, [...]
The building is in the Civic Center, the area that the designers of the City Plan of the 1916, wanted to look like a Roman Forum. It was built between 1924 and 1926 and is composed of three sectors organized around a quadrangular courtyard with a well. In this work the author, Vincenzo Fasolo, combines medieval [...]
Ostia has always been considered by the experts the perfect place for heliotherapy and in particular for child tuberculosis treatment, thanks to the extraordinary qualities of the air and sea. For all these reasons the first building which was built was a Summer child health colony: designed by Marcello Piacentini on the western part of [...]
This building has a peculiar shape because it is a linking element between two corner lots between the urban sector of Via del Mare and Corso Duca di Genova, that is the road parallel to the seafront street and arrives right to the ancient seaplane base. The post office was designed in 1934 by the [...]
Do you love fresh products and good organic food, the chaotic and loud atmosphere or bargaining? You can’t miss going to Ostia’s markets! Organic products, from Latium's countryside and not only, arrive to the markets of Ostia and Ostia Antica, while clothes and other items are bargained in the local market places. Agricultural markets Campagna [...]
