1907/14
project by Odoardo Cavagnari (1868/1920) who was
replaced in 1908 by Giuseppe Canonica
FAÇADE by Giuseppe Castellucci (1863/1939)
During the
work sections of the Servian Walls
were found but they were destroyed with no mercy
The
interior decorations date back to the years 1911/18:
ATRIUM
Bronze
reliefs: on the left “Ploughing, harvesting wheat and iron processing” by the
Sicilian Benedetto D'Amore, on the right “Human
Work” by Guido Calori
STAIRCASE
Stained-glass
window 1913 by Duilio Cambellotti (1876/1960)
who worked with the help of the craftsman Cesare
Picchiarini
GREEN ROOM
“Magna
parens” with fruitful Italy between the warrior and the gleaner, “Allegory of
Agriculture”, “The entrepreneur gives his hand to the farmer,” “Science and
Industry”, “Allegory of Maritime Commerce” and “Allegory of Industry using
electricity and speed” by Giuseppe Cellini
(1855/1940), a great friend of the poet Gabriele D'Annunzio
Four
paintings: “Wheat”, “Grapes”, “Apples”, “Olives” also by Giuseppe Cellini
“In his work
there are two lines that are not in conflict with each other: the elegant
decorator who creates sophisticated images searching, especially in the ornamentation
of books, a style based on geometric framing and graphic ornamental
refinements, and the heir of the Renaissance painting tradition, creator of
figures with a safe setting plastic and often, in spite of their allegorical
meaning, lively and posing naturally. This attention to reality is also his
trademark in his landscape paintings” (Laura Gigli - Dizionario Biografico degli
Italiani Treccani)
ROOM OF
COMMISSIONS OR YELLOW ROOM
Paintings
by the Roman cartoonist Giovanni Mario Mataloni
(1869/1944)
STUDIO OF
THE MINISTER
“Ceres on
the bandwagon” by Umberto Vico
“The spade
and milk” by Teofilo Patini (1840/1906) a
starkly realist painter
SMALL
PARLIAMENT
Paintings
on the ceiling and frieze “Italian Regions and their characteristics” 1914/18
by Angelo Petroni from Basilicata region
LIBRARY
It
dates back to 1860. There are about 1,000,000 volumes
