EUR is a district south of the capital created for the Universal Exhibition in Rome, scheduled for 1942 but cancelled due to the outbreak of the Second World War.
Conceived with the contribution of the greatest architects, engineers and urban planners, the new district was to celebrate the greatness of Rome through rationalist architecture.
Today the district is an open-air museum and the most important buildings are the Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana, the Obelisk in Marconi Square and the Museum of Roman Civilization with the Planetarium.
The Palazzo della Civiltà italiana, better known as the Square Colosseum, is the most important symbol of the EUR and the Italian twentieth century.
Construction work began in 1937 but was interrupted in 1943, only to be completed after the war.
The entire structure of the building is made of reinforced concrete and covered with travertine slabs.
The most iconic element is the famous inscription, dedicated to Italians, which is located on the top of the building: “A people of poets, artists, heroes, saints, thinkers, scientists, navigators, transmigrators”.
In the center of Guglielmo Marconi Square, there is the obelisk dedicated to the famous Italian physicist.
Construction of the obelisk began in 1939 but work was interrupted during World War II. Work resumed only in 1951 and was completed in 1959.
For a foreigner, Italian beauties are always exciting!
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