Itinerary
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Stop At: Piazza Venezia, 00187 Rome Italy
Piazza Venezia was the location of public speeches given by the Italian dictator Mussolini to crowds of Italians in the 1920s-1940s. Benito Mussolini used the Palazzo Venezia as his headquarter and addressed the people from the palace's balcony.
Duration: 15 minutes
Pass By: Via Luigi Petroselli, 00186 Roma RM, Italy
Old Medieval area disemboweled by Mussolini
Stop At: Palazzo della Civilta Italiana, Quadrato della Concordia Eur, 00144 Rome Italy
Allso known as the Palazzo della Civiltà del Lavoro or simply the Colosseo Quadrato (Square Colosseum), is a building in the EUR district in Rome.
The building was designed in 1937 to host the Mostra della Civiltà Romana during the 1942 World Fair by Italian architects Giovanni Guerrini, Ernesto Bruno La Padula and Mario Romano.
It lies in the district of Rome known as the Esposizione Universale Roma (also known as 'E.42' and 'EUR'). It is particularly symbolic of this district, exemplifying its monumentality.
The building is an example of Italian Rationalism and of Fascist architecture.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Direzionale Eur, Via del Poggio Laurentino 118, 00144 Rome Italy
Started at the end of 1937 and completed at the end of 1939, Palazzo Uffici, designed by Gaetano Minnucci, was the first permanent structure to be completed in the vast plan for the Rome Universal Exhibition.
The beautiful bas-relief by Publio Morbiducci, at the main entrance to the building, represents "La storia di Roma attraverso le opere edilizie" ("The history of Rome through its building works").
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Palazzo dei Ricevimenti e dei Congressi, Piazza J.F. Kennedy, 00144 Rome Italy
The palazzo was designed by Adalberto Libera for the 1942 Universal Exposition. Construction started in 1938 but was cancelled due to World War II. It was completed in 1954.
Masterpieces of the Rationalism Architecture. The fresco by Achille Funi depicting scenes from the origins of Rome is the greatest artwork, still Unfinished, housed into the Palace
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Museo della Civilta Romana, Piazza Giovanni Agnelli 10, 00144 Rome Italy
The Museum of the Roman Civilization (Italian: Museo della Civiltà Romana) is a museum in Rome (Esposizione Universale Roma district), devoted to aspects of the Ancient Roman civilization.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Villa Torlonia, Via Nomentana, 70, 00161 Rome Italy
The Beautiful Neoclassical Villa that was The Private House of Mussolini and his family in Rome.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Obelisco del Foro Italico, Piazza Lauro de Bosis Viale del Foro Italico, 00135 Rome Italy
This only modern obelisk in Rome was erected by Mussolini himself and bears the words "MVSSOLINI DVX" („Mussolini, the Leader") and the marking of the Italian Fascists. This "Obelisco di Mussolini" stands in the centre of the Foro Italico, which was originally known as the Foro Mussolini.
The obelisk is erected out of Carrara-Marble and weighs as estimated 300 tonnes. At the top a golden point is fixed.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Coni Piscine, Piazza Lauro de Bosis, 00135 Roma RM, Italy
The mosaic swimming pool built as part of Mussolini’s Foro Italico complex. It is like no other, pure marble with stone mosaic decorations reminiscent of Roman sports scenes.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Stadio dei marmi, Viale dello Stadio dei Marmi, 00194 Rome Italy
It was designed in the 1920s as a complement to the annexed Fascist Academy of Physical Education (now the seat of CONI, Italian Olympic Committee), to be used by its students for training. Originally designed by Enrico Del Debbio, construction was completed in 1928. It has Carrara marble steps lined by 59 (60 in the original project) marble statues in classical style portraying athletes that perform various sporting disciplines. Each statue was offered by the provinces of Italy.
Duration: 5 minutes