The Third Rome, 1922-43 [electronic resource] : The Making of the Fascist Capital /
Kallis, Aristotle.author.
What kind of city was the Fascist 'third Rome'? Imagined and real, rooted in the past and announcing a new, 'revolutionary' future, Fascist Rome was imagined both as the ideal city and as the sacred centre of a universal political religion. Kallis explores this through a journey across the sites, monuments, and buildings of the fascist capital.
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Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Lanciani's Roman Palimpsest; The Faces of the 'Third Rome': 1922, 1932, 1942; Rome's Palimpsest and the 'Fascist Layer'; 1 The Fascist Conquest of Rome; (Re)Claiming Rome; 'Fascistising' the Plan: From the PRG1909 to the 1925 Variante Plan; Architects and Early Visions for the 'Third Rome': The Path to the 1931 Regulatory Plan; 2 Fascism and the City: Architecture and Urban Eutopia; Debating the Future City; The City as Fascist Dystopia and Eutopia; The Debates on Urbanistica
The Fascist-Era Debates on ArchitectureThe Fascist 'Layer' in Rome; 3 Fascism and Romanità: Framing the Ancient Imperial City; Joining the Dots: Via del Mare, Via dell'Impero, Via dei Trionfi; The Mausoleum of Augustus and the Ara Pacis; 4 Fascism and the 'City of the Popes'; The 'Roman Question' and the Difficult Road to 'Reconciliation'; The Fascist Appropriation of the 'Second Rome'; The Project of the Via della Conciliazione; 5 The Fascist Layer (I): The Quest for 'Signature' Buildings; The (Failed) Quest for the Fascist 'Signature' Building in the Centre of Rome; Individual Buildings
6 The New Fascist Layer (II): Building for Grandeur and NecessityThe Discourse of Bonifica and the New Fascist 'Layer'; Cities for the Youth: The Foro Mussolini and the Città Universitaria; Città Universitaria; The New Borgate of Fascism; Bonifica Integrale, the Agro Pontino, and the 'New City' (Nuova Città); 7 Fascism in Mostra: Exhibitions as Heterotopias; Exhibiting Fascism in Rome: The 1932 Exhibition of the Fascist Revolution (MdRF); The 1937 Mostra Augustea della Romanità; The PNF Exhibitions at the Circo Massimo (1937-39); The Universalist Subject: The E42
8 Rome and the Dream of Fascist UniversalismBranding the 'Idea of Rome' as a Universalist Asset: CAUR; Fascist Rome as Space of Political Pilgrimage; Staging the Moment of Fascist Triumph: The 1942 Esposizione Universale di Roma (E42); Conclusion: The 'Third Rome' as Fascism's imago mundi; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What kind of city was the Fascist 'third Rome'? Imagined and real, rooted in the past and announcing a new, 'revolutionary' future, Fascist Rome was imagined both as the ideal city and as the sacred centre of a universal political religion. Kallis explores this through a journey across the sites, monuments, and buildings of the fascist capital.
History, Modern.
World politics.
Social history.
Architecture.
Modern History.
Political History.
Social History.
European History.
Architectural History and Theory.
History of Italy.