A 30-Minute Walk of Rome, EUR: The City of Mussolini's Dreams (6 Secret Wonders of Rationalist Art!)

One of the few planned developments in Rome’s history, EUR was built for an international exhibition in 1942.
In 1937, Mussolini decided to mount an Esposizione Universale di Roma (EUR), devoted to the “Progress
of Civilization” to demonstrate the achievements of Italian Fascism. A huge area to the south of Rome was cleared, and archictect Marcello Piacentini was given the job of creating a monument to Modernism and megalomania by 1942. However, work stopped in 1941, after Italy entered World War II. After the war, EUR was turned into a new residential and business zone. Half-finished buildings were completed, new ones were built and amusement parks were opened.
The Museo della Civiltà Romana displays plaster casts of statues and monuments and models of ancient Roman war machines. The museum houses Rome’s Planetarium, with scale models of the universe, cross-sections of planets, video footage of various astronomic phenomena and the chance to walk inside the nucleus of a replica star. Since the museum is closed for renovation, events scheduled to be held at the Planetarium will take place at Technotown in Villa Torlonia (see p178).
There are a few museums here, but the area’s interest lies in its spectacular rationalist architecture, beautifully expressed in a number of distinctive palazzi, including the iconic Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana. Other monumentalist architecture includes the Chiesa Santi Pietro e Paolo.
There is plenty of open space around EUR’s vast lake for kids to let their hair down and for families to enjoy picnics. In summer, make a beeline for the complex’s open-air Olympic swimming pool, the Piscina delle Rose.
00:32 Piazzale dell'Agricoltura
3:03 Palazzo INPS
5:04 Obelisco Marconi
11:05 Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana
24:07 Chiesa Santi Pietro e Paolo

[@mjc5509]

EUR is my favourite area of ROME great modernist architecture..

[@eleeveeayees3425]

I didn't know Rome had buildings like this.

[@MrVorpalsword]

yes, its not all that boring old stuff thats falling apart

[@me_myself_and1]

saranno 10 anni (forse di piu) che non torno a roma..sempre molto affascinante il colosseo quadrato, grazie per il tour

[@yallowrosa]

la Citta' Romana, quella Medievale, quella Rinascimentale e poi quella ... Razionale
in realta' l'EUR fu disegnato da un gruppo di architetti laterali rispetto al Regime ...

[@ezzovonachalm9815]

Il aurait été préférable d' utiliser un drône pour redonner une image cohérente de l ' ensemble. Cet ensemble monumental méprisé par nos contemporains mérite d' être mieux connu.
MERCI davoir pris la peine de nous permettre de le ďécouvrir !!!

[@olgaliskova4066]

Мне очень нравиться гулять с тобой!

[@buymybooks437]

Mussolini was a good man

[@gabrielemangialavori8732]

NO. 🤮🤮🤮