EUR, Rome
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"Giovanni of Il Boom (1963) organizes a lavish reception in his splendid apartment in the EUR district, to revenge himself on acquaintances who had humiliated him and to regain the esteem of Silvia, who, removed from the spectre of poverty, does not hesitate to make up and to declare herself proud of him."--Sholem Stein |
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EUR is a residential and business district in Rome, Italy, part of the Municipio IX.
The area was originally chosen in the 1930s as the site for the 1942 World's Fair which Benito Mussolini planned to open to celebrate twenty years of Fascism, the letters EUR standing for Esposizione Universale Roma. The project was originally called E42 after the year in which the exhibition was to be held. EUR was also designed to direct the expansion of the city towards the south-west and the sea, and to be a new city centre for Rome.
Architecture
The initial project was presented in 1938 under the direction of Marcello Piacentini. The design was inspired, according to the fascist ideology, by Roman Imperial town planning, with modern elements which came from Italian rationalism, the result being a sort of simplified neoclassicism.
The project develops over orthogonal axes and large and stately buildings, built mainly of limestone, tuff and marble, traditional materials associated with Roman Empire architecture.
The most representative building at EUR, and the symbol of this architectural style, is the Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana (1938–1943), an iconic project which has since become known as the "Colosseo Quadrato" (Square Colosseum). The building was designed by Giovanni Guerrini, Ernesto Lapadula and Mario Romano, also inspired by metaphysical art.
In 1938 Luigi Moretti (with Fariello, Muratori and Quaroni) won the competition for the design of the Imperial Square (now Piazza Guglielmo Marconi). The large building fronting the square was never finished, but after the war the structures already constructed were used for the "Skyscraper Italy (Grattacielo Italia)" by Luigi Mattioni.
Other notable buildings are:
- Palazzo dei Ricevimenti e dei Congressi
- Archivio Centrale dello Stato
- Basilica parrocchiale dei Santi Pietro e Paolo
- Palazzo degli Uffici, with the statue once titled "Genius of Fascism"
- INA palace and INPS palace
Several museums are also present. These comprise the Museum of Roman Civilization (Roman Culture Museum), the Museo Nazionale dell'Alto Medioevo (National Museum of the Middle Ages) and the Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico Luigi Pigorini (Prehistoric Ethnographic Museum). A new planetarium, connected to the Astronomy Museum, opened in 2004.
See also
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Adalberto Libera, Alberto Ascari, Alziro Bergonzo, Architecture of Italy, Architecture of Rome, Armando Brasini, Banca del Mezzogiorno – MedioCredito Centrale, Banca di Roma, Banco di Roma, Carla Voltolina, Central Archives of the State (Italy), Central business district, César Gómez, Circeo massacre, Circuito Cittadino dell'EUR, Culture of Italy, Culture of Rome, Dancing with Loneliness, E42, EA 53, Economic history of Italy, Edoardo Bove, Embassy of Bangladesh, Rome, Equilibrium (film), Eugenio Gerli, Eugenio Scalfari, EUR Fermi, EUR Magliana, EUR Palasport, European Grand Prix, Fascist architecture, General Confederation of Italian Industry, Genius of Fascism, Gianicolense, Giolitti, Giuliano-Dalmata, Greenpeace v. Eni, Height restriction laws, History of Rome, Hudson Hawk, Il Boom, INAIL Tower, Istituto nazionale per l'assicurazione contro gli infortuni sul lavoro, Italians, Italo Gismondi, Italo Insolera, José Martí, La dolce vita, L'amore è femmina (song), Lazio, L'Eclisse, Line B (Rome Metro), Luciano Lama, Luigi Moretti, LunEur, Magliana, Marcello Piacentini, Marconi Obelisk, Massimiliano Fuksas, Massimiliano Massimo Institute, Metaphysical painting, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Monumentalism, Mostra d'Oltremare, Municipio IX, Museum of Roman Civilization, NATO Defense College, Nicola Rubino, Operation Achse, Ostia (Rome), Outline of Rome, PalaLottomatica, Palazzo dei Congressi, Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana, Palazzo Eni, Permindex, Ponte della Magliana, Portuense, Quarters of Rome, Rationalism (architecture), Roma Porta San Paolo railway station, Roma, Roma-Ostia Half Marathon, Rome bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics, Rome Grand Prix, Rome Metro, Rome Quadriennale, Rome Street Circuit, Rome, Rossella Biscotti, Rugby Roma Olimpic, San Gregorio Barbarigo alle Tre Fontane, Stadio dei Marmi, Stadio Olimpico, Stripped Classicism, Succession of the Roman Empire, Temple of the gens Flavia, Tenebrae (film), The 10th Victim, The Awakening (sculpture), The Conformist (1970 film), The Last Man on Earth (1964 film), Timeline of the city of Rome, Torre Europarco, Torre Eurosky, Valley of the Fallen, Verisure, Via Cristoforo Colombo, Via Laurentina, Vincenzo Monaco, World's fair
