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Rome with Mussolini

The most controversial period of recent Italian history could not see how the protagonist other city than Rome. On October 28, 1922 the Fascist militia marched on Rome to great public and political. The event had resulted in the convening of Benito Mussolini by King Vittorio Emanuele III, who gave him the task of forming the new government.


In the early years of rule, one of the most important acts of Mussolini, was to resolve the issue opened between the Italian state and the Vatican, a slope since just 1870 and never addressed. In 1929 the Lateran Treaty were signed, an agreement between church and state with which the State undertook to divest the Vatican territory, returning to live in the Papal State. Mussolini elected to his seat Palazzo Venezia in the heart of the capital of Italy and therefore ideal whole heart, from which he used to keep his speeches across the balcony was famous for rallies that were held there on those occasions when you looked for public speaking. It was from the balcony in Piazza Venezia to June 10, 1940 Benito Mussolini announced Italy's entry into World War II. The imperial glories which was used in ancient Rome back faintly echoing in the "business" of fascism. The colonial campaign in Ethiopia in 1936 was touted as the first step in the rebirth of the Empire. From the urban point of view of the new signs were fascist during the creation of entire neighborhoods, with architecture inspired style rationalist. Arose the district, will host 1942 World Expo, an event that would celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the March on Rome, an event that will never take place because of war. The new district will host buildings inspired by the monuments of imperial Rome, but revisited in the style of this architectural movement known as Italian Rationalism. The building that best represents the new style is the Palace of Italian civilization, known today with the nicknames of Gruyere or Square Colosseum. The palace was built between 1938 and 1943, and is inspired by the famous Colosseum, which repeats the forms in six horizontal rows of nine arches each. The war being spared as much as possible the city, avoiding saturation bombing, given the presence in Rome of the papal see. Only the San Lorenzo district suffered severe damage, hit hard by a bombing June 19, 1943. Towards the end of the war, from 8 September 1943 Rome was occupied by German troops, but soon came his release before other cities in central-north

 


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