1938/43 Adalberto Libera (1903/63) who was able to complete it
only in the years 1952/54 because of the war
1988/93
reconsolidated and restructured by Antonio Gallo Curcio
(1932) e Paolo
Portoghesi (1931)
It was
originally built with reinforced concrete and a monumental façade in travertine
marble
“It is
divided by the superposition of two pure volumes, respectively a parallelepiped
and a cube (...). It reaches the peak of the balance between modern composition
and classical purity” (Giorgio Muratore)
“Among the
buildings of the E42 made for the competitions, the Palace of the Conventions
was the only one who has succeeded in a modern interpretation of the
constraints imposed by the competition itself. One should remember that Libera
tried in every way to prevent the insertion of columns in the façade, but in
the end he had to work out a compromise solution in which the columns, however,
assume an abstract stylization and don't have any capitals” (Piero Ostilio
Rossi)
ATRIUM
Frescoes “Origins
of Rome” 1953 by Achille Funi (1890/1972)
covered with panels by Gino Severini (1883/1966)
CONFERENCE
HALL
Restored by
Paolo Portoghesi (1931)
In the
CAFETERIA there are mosaics by Angelo Canevari
(1901/55)
Here took
place the fencing competitions of the Olympic Games in Rome in 1960
In
1977 a terrorist attack damaged it on the eve of a conference of the right-wing
Italian party Movimento Sociale Italiano
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