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19221922–1943 · Rome

The March on Rome and Mussolini's Rome

Fascist squads crowd the square before Rome's Quirinale Palace during the March on Rome in 1922
Archival image: Unknown author. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

In October 1922 Fascist squads converged on Rome, and King Victor Emmanuel III, refusing to declare martial law, asked Benito Mussolini to form a government. The regime then made the capital its stage: it cut a parade road through the imperial forums, built the Foro Italico sports complex, and laid out the EUR district for a 1942 world's fair that never opened. Mussolini spoke to crowds from Palazzo Venezia.

Sites

  1. Site 1: Palazzo VeneziaThe balcony from which Mussolini addressed Piazza Venezia.Map ↗
  2. Site 2: Via dei Fori ImperialiThe road cut through the forums in 1932, opening onto the ruins.Map ↗
  3. Site 3: Foro ItalicoA marble obelisk inscribed MUSSOLINI DUX and the statue-ringed Stadio dei Marmi.Map ↗
  4. Site 4: EUR and the Palazzo della Civiltà ItalianaThe arched 'Square Colosseum' and white avenues of the planned fair district.Map ↗

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