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In 1809, when Rome was declared an Imperial city by Napoleon, Duke Luigi moved into the palace and was declared mayor. The Mussolini façade, 1934. The "SI" (Italian for "yes") refers to the 1934 Italian general election , which was a simple yes-no vote on the Fascist Party list.
Istituto Luce was founded in 1924 as a stock company, and then Benito Mussolini through the Royal Decree Law no. 1985 of 5 November 1925 ruled it as non-profit "moral institution" governed by public law. [4]
Foro Italico is a sports complex in Rome, Italy, on the slopes of Monte Mario.It was built between 1928 and 1938 as the Foro Mussolini (literally Mussolini's Forum) under the design of Enrico Del Debbio and, later, Luigi Moretti.
EUR (Italian:) is a residential area and the major business district in Rome, Italy, part of the Municipio IX.. The area was originally chosen in the 1930s as the site for the 1942 World's Fair which Benito Mussolini planned to open to celebrate twenty years of Fascism, the letters EUR standing for Esposizione Universale Roma ("Rome Universal Exposition").
Mussolini’s bunker at Villa Torlonia in Rome was built nearly 20 feet underground and clad in 13-feet thick cement walls. ... and the series of 51 Allied bombings that pummeled the city between ...
Rome City is located along Indiana State Road 9 adjacent to Sylvan Lake. [ 6 ] According to the 2010 census, Rome City has a total area of 2.151 square miles (5.57 km 2 ), of which 1.16 square miles (3.00 km 2 ) (or 53.93%) is land and 0.991 square miles (2.57 km 2 ) (or 46.07%) is water.
Fascist architecture in the form of Rationalism with elements of classical Roman architecture was born under dictator Benito Mussolini's rule of Italy from 1922 to 1943. Mussolini invested in public construction projects in order to foster economic development, to gain popular support and modernize the country.
The Mussolini government was the longest-serving government in the history of Italy. The Cabinet administered the country from 31 October 1922 to 25 July 1943, for a total of 7,572 days, or 20 years, 8 months and 25 days.