1937/38 Gaetano Minnucci (1896/1980) for the offices of the
autonomous institution E42 later known as ENTE EUR
The first
building to be constructed in the EUR district and the one of the few to be
finished before the war
“The way to
think about architecture of Minnucci, as recalled by his partner Cigni (...),
was logical-sequential, 'you might say scientific, in the sense that nothing
was to be entrusted to fantasy, without accurate and binding technical and
functional research. That's why I believe that he never had a precise point of
reference, even in his long cultural involvement I think he has never been
fully and critically aligned. (...) Ready to implement whatever new and
concrete manifested itself in architecture, he always rejected ideas not
demonstrable with facts” (Alessandra Capanna - Dizionario Biografico degli
Italiani Treccani)
OUTSIDE
Bronze
statue of “Genius of sport”, originally “Genius of fascism” by Italo Griselli (1880/1958) and “Two groups of statues”
by Mirko (Mirko Basaldella) (1910/69)
In front of
the portico three bodies of water decorated with “Eighteen mosaic panels” by Gino Severini (1883/1966), Giulio
Rosso (1897/1976) and Giovanni Guerrini
(1887/1972)
IN THE
ENTRANCE ROOM
Bas-relief “History
of Rome through its buildings” by Publio Morbiducci (1889/1963)
INSIDE
Fresco
“Foundation of Rome” by Giorgio Quaroni
(1907/60)
