Sunday, November 6, 2016

VIMINAL PALACE

PALAZZO DEL VIMINALE
1912/21 Manfredo Manfredi (1859/1627)
Semicircular arrangement of the square 1929/31 according to the Manfredi's project
“The complex consists of several buildings connected by courtyards and varying characteristics in terms of volume and indicates the existence of a secret dialectic between the severity of the general project and the desire to qualify artistically this architecture as much as possible” (Raffaella Catini - Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Treccani)
Fountain in front of the palace by Publio Morbiducci (1889/1963) in imitation of the “Barcaccia” in Piazza di Spagna by Pietro Bernini
The area was leveled and the soil was brought to the area where later the Città Universitaria (University City) would be built
It is the HEADQUARTERS OF THE MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR
HALL
Paintings in ten panels “Activities of the Italian Genius i.e. Navigation, Poetry, Sculpture, Wheat Harvest, Printing, Weaving, Science, Architecture, Industry, Grapes Harvest and Victorious Italy in the center” by Rodolfo Villani (1881/1941)
ROOM OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

Paintings by Giulio Bargellini (1896/1936)
Paintings in the other rooms by Umberto Vico, Umberto Amati e Tito Ridolfi (1886/1956)

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