Museo della Civilta Romana


Caption
View of Collonade
Related people
Pietro Aschieri (designer)
Cesare Pascoletti (designer)
Date
1942 (originally planned);1955 (opened to public)
Location
Europe->Italy->Santa Sede (Holy See)->Rome (Vatican City)
Description
The building was originally planned as part of the 1942 Universal Exhibition of Rome, in celebration of twenty years of Fascism. However, because of the war, building work was interrupted and the building remained unfinished. The municipality of Rome recommenced the initiative in the 1950s, when FIAT offered to finance the completion of the building. The Museum of Roman Culture was inaugurated with 10 rooms completed in 1952. The museum was opened to the public in its entirety in 1955. - See http://en.museociviltaromana.it/
The complex which houses the museum was designed by the architects Aschieri, Bernardini, Pascoletti and Peressutti.

Keywords: travertine columns, portico. Submitted by Kay Bea Jones.
Style/Period
1940s (1940 - 1949)
1950s (1950 - 1959)
Neoclassical
Rationalist
Material
marble