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The transformation of Rome into Mussolini’s Rome required countless contracts for projects large and small. The regime, through the Governatorato, supervised building patronage on a grand scale. Indeed, Mussolini’s government acted in the same way throughout Italy. Much was at stake, both in terms of money and architectural style. A central question was: What style would win official recognition as the true “fascist” style?
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Painter, B.W. (2005). Architecture, Propaganda, and the Fascist Revolution. In: Mussolini’s Rome. Italian and Italian American Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403976918_4
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