Palazzo dei Congressi

The Esposizione Universale Roma (E.U.R.) is a large complex, built in 1935 by Benito Mussolini as symbol of fascism for the world; he wanted to expand the new Rome in the west, to connect it to the sea. The E.U.R. was originally conceived for the 1942 world exhibition, which would never take place since Italy entered the war in 1940. Jump to: navigation, search ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (952x943, 340 KB) Description: Palazzo dei Congressi allEUR Source: self-made Location: Roma, Italy Photographer: Massimo Finizio File links The following pages link to this file: Esposizione Universale Roma ... Jump to: navigation, search ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (952x943, 340 KB) Description: Palazzo dei Congressi allEUR Source: self-made Location: Roma, Italy Photographer: Massimo Finizio File links The following pages link to this file: Esposizione Universale Roma ... EUR is an initialism that may mean: Euro, the currency; Esposizione Universale Roma, a neighbourhood of Rome built for the World Fair Esposizione universale (1942). Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (Erasmus University of Rotterdam, the Netherlands) This page concerning a three-letter acronym or abbreviation is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid... Jump to: navigation, search 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Benito Mussolini created a fascist state through the use of propaganda, total control of the media and disassembly of the working democratic government. ... Jump to: navigation, search Fascism (in Italian, fascismo), capitalized, was the authoritarian political movement which ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943 under the leadership of Benito Mussolini. ... Jump to: navigation, search City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Left-Wing Democrats) Area  - City Proper  1290 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost... Exposition advertizing. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

The E.U.R. provides a good image of how urban Italy would have looked if the fascist regime would not have fallen; large, symmetrical streets and cold buildings of either stile Littorio, inspired by Roman architecture, or Rationalism, built in the traditional limestone, tufa and marble. Jump to: navigation, search The Romans adopted the external language of classical Greek architecture for their own purposes, which were so different from Greek buildings as to create a new architectural style. ... Jump to: navigation, search Limestone (CaCO3) is a sedimentary rock composed of the mineral calcite (calcium carbonate). ... Tufa is the name for an unusual geological formation. ... Marble This page is about the metamorphic rock. ...

The most representative building of the Fascist style is the Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana (1938-1943), which was built as a cubic Colosseum. Cubic can mean several things: cubic polynomial, a polynomial with a degree of at most three. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Colosseum in Rome, Italy: an exterior view of the best-preserved section. ...

After the war, the Roman authorities found that they already had a germ of a off-centre business district that other capitals were still planning (London Docklands and La Defense in Paris). Downtown Honolulu in United States, an example of an urban downtown district Central business district, (CBD used in Australia, New Zealand and sometimes elsewhere), or downtown (used mainly in North America) are terms referring to the commercial heart of a city. ... Docklands can also refer to the urban redevelopment project in Melbourne, Australia, see Melbourne Docklands. ... La Défense, the new skyline of Paris La Défense is a district of high-rise offices, apartment blocks and shopping complexes over part of the communes of Nanterre, Courbevoie and Puteaux (all in the Hauts-de-Seine département), to the west of Paris. ...

During the 1950s and 1960s, old buildings were completed, and other new buildings were constructed in the same style - housing offices, ministries, large gardens and great parks. Jump to: navigation, search // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the height of the... Jump to: navigation, search The 1960s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ...

It holds the Museum of the Roman Civilization and a Sports Palace used in the Olympic Games of 1960.

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Esposizione Universale Roma

• Satellite view of EUR
• Exploring Eur - Cultural Itineraries, PDF brochure (713 KB) by the Tourist Office of Rome.