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