| The internet revolution allows people today | | | | transforming the exhibition complex into an |
| to have more informations and to plan their | | | | urban district at the edge of an expanding |
| trip to Rome and to Italy in a proper way in | | | | Rome. This project was realized in subsequent |
| order to see more monuments and | | | | years and concluded with the new building of |
| archaeological sights in a shorter amount of | | | | important sport facilities for the 1960 |
| time. To make an example, when you are just | | | | Olympics. The layout plan of EUR follows the |
| landed at Fiumicino Rome airport, during your | | | | basic principle of ancient city planning with |
| transfer to the hotel you can see the modern | | | | a main axis avenue symmetrically surrounded |
| district of Rome called E.U.R. The | | | | by significant buildings. At the each end of |
| acronym,which stands for Esposizione | | | | main axis or cross axis, a permanent building |
| Universale di Roma, has become the name of a | | | | was designed to emphasize, and terminate the |
| peripheral suburb of Rome interesting for its | | | | axis, as was customary in Renaissance cities. |
| many examples of fascist architecture. | | | | Palazzo dei Ricevimenti dei Congressi, |
| Mussolini as prime minister of Italy between | | | | Palazzo della Civilta del Lavoro, and SS. |
| the two world wars started to work on this | | | | Pietro e Paolo are the three important |
| huge complex of office buildings and | | | | buildings for the main axis and cross axis, |
| apartment blocks in 1939. It was supposed to | | | | and were built during the same period. The |
| host a big exhibition (Esposizione Universale | | | | most famous museum to see in this district |
| di Roma) in 1942 but the war intervened. | | | | that is close to the airports of Rome is the |
| Olympic Games were held here in 1960 and now | | | | Museum of the Roman Civilization that |
| the place is a bit like La Defense in Paris, | | | | contains the scale reproduction of the main |
| home to trade shows and miscellaneous | | | | monuments of ancient Rome,like the famous |
| companies. There were two basic phases in | | | | cast of the Colosseum, and its breathtaking |
| EUR's development. The first phase, from | | | | rooms are worth seeing because people coming |
| January 1937, was designed by five Italian | | | | to Rome can have a good historical background |
| architects (Pagano, Piacentini, Piccinato, | | | | of the progress and development of the roman |
| Rossi and Vietti) with a master plan for the | | | | civilization. When considering EUR in the |
| entire exhibition complex. During this phase | | | | context of architectural history, it can be |
| briefs for the permanent buildings were also | | | | understood as a fine example of Italian |
| announced. EUR never took place because of | | | | rationalism or functionalism. It also tried |
| World War II. Work that had started on the | | | | an eclectic approach that combined classical |
| permanent buildings was broken off in1942, | | | | architectural vocabulary and the new modern |
| and completely abandoned a year later. The | | | | design principle, with a result that the |
| second phase of EUR's development occured | | | | buildings show the lack of creative and |
| after the war from 1951 to 1960. In 1955, | | | | artistic sense of design. |
| Calza Bini developed a concept for | | | | |