PalaLottomatica or Palazzo dello Sport, EUR, Rome, Italy

The PalaLottomatica or Palazzo dello Sport building (also known as PalaSport or PalaEur), built as part of the EUR or Expositione Universale di Roma (Rome Universal Exhibition), planned by Marcello Piacentini, Rome, Italy. The PalaLottomatica was designed in 1956 by architect Marcello Piacentini and engineer Pier Luigi Nervi, and built 1958-60 for the 17th Olympic Games in Rome, and now hosts sporting events, conventions and concerts. The EUR exhibition was to take place in 1942 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fascist regime. Fascist architecture developed in the late 1920s and 1930s, as a modernist style in times of nationalism and totalitarianism under Benito Mussolini. It is characterised by large, square, symmetrical buildings with little or no decoration, often inspired by ancient Rome and designed to convey strength and power. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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13433458

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45105976

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8403px x 5513px (10.7MB)

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Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

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Photograph by Manuel Cohen