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Architecture
Architectural models for Mussolini's Rome plan

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Auktionsdatum 29.11.2025

Photographer unknown. Architectural models for Mussolini-era urban planning in Rome. 1930s. 5 vintage gelatin silver prints. Each circa 16 x 21,5 cm. Two with number in negative, each mounted to paper, some with typewritten caption label on mount verso.

These photographs document architectural models created as part of Fascist-era plans to reshape Rome during the 1930s. According to inscriptions on the mounts, the models represent a proposed but unrealized ministry building situated near the Aurelian Wall. While this specific project was not executed, the images reflect broader ambitions of Benito Mussolini’s regime to impose monumental buildings on the fabric of ancient Rome - a process that often entailed large-scale demolitions and controversial interventions in the city’s historic landscape. – Some oxidation mirroring in edges, otherwise in good condition.

Lit.: Harald Bodenschatz, Daniela Spiegel, eds. Städtebau für Mussolini. Berlin: Dom, 2022.