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The E.U.R. Project was initiated in the 1920's financed and inspired by the fascist Mussolini Government of the period the project was never completed. the second world war and summary execution of Mussolini put a stop to his plans. Nevertheless, E.U.R. remains one of the most fascinating areas of Rome and its' surreal architecture has inspired many modern artists including Di Chirico many of whose paintings were inspired by this surreal area of Rome.
This particular building the Palazzo della Civilita or il Colosseo Quadrato (square Colosseum) as it is popularly known was the work of Guerrini. Commissioned and completed in the early thirties The architectural style is technically known as "bombastic modernism" but in everyday language it is fascist.
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