Rome architecture Archives

Rome architecture: Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana or the sqaure colosseum opens in 2009

12 April, 2020

Rome’s archaeological heritage will be even richer next year as it looks likely that Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana, in restoration since 2003, will have the first two floors open from 2009. The original opening was set for 2011, but from…

Rome: ghost tours and the small version of Milan's Duomo

12 April, 2020

This photo of Rome’s smaller version of the Milan duomo comes from these personal pages: it’s the church of the Sacro Cuore del Suffragio (the Sacred Heart of Suffrage), constructed in a gothic style from 1894 to 1917 by Father…

Bomb shelter from Mussolini becomes art gallery

8 April, 2020

The bomb shelter in Rome at the EUR was the third refuge that Benito Mussolini built under Rome, after the first at his private home in Villa Torlonia, and the second at his studio in Piazza Venezia.This Mussolini bunker however,…