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Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana

The Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana is a monumental cube-shaped office and exhibition palace in Rome's EUR district, famed for its regular grid of deep semicircular arches on all faces. The building sits atop a broad stepped platform and is flanked by large classical-style statues on raised plinths; a carved dedication runs across the top of the main façade.

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Photograph via Wikimedia Commons

First raised

1939

Its prime

1943

Today

Restored

As it stood in 1943

What Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana looked like in its prime.

A monolithic, cubic palace faced in pale travertine with a strict, repeating grid of deep, recessed semicircular arches across the main elevation; the flat roofline bears a shallow inscription panel. The building rises from a wide, shallow stone stair and raised terrace framed by pairs of large allegorical statues on plinths. Windows sit back within each arch, producing a rhythm of light and shadow on the pale stone under a clear sky.

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7 places to explore in 1943.

The record describes 7 distinct spots at Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana, including 1 interior: ground-floor arched gallery (entrance loggia). Create your own photoreal reconstruction and explore every one, more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.

Broad approach stepsMain terrace and statue groupingsGround-floor arched gallery (entrance loggia)Upper arcade façadeInscription band and rooflineEast statue plinth (allegorical group)West statue plinth (allegorical group)

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