Roma moderníssima. Retrato da metrópole fascista (1922-1943)

Abstract

The theme of this Dissertation is the city of Rome understood not only as a physical form but above all as a set of values and symbolisms inherent in his image and memory, associated with building an ideal and modern political scenario, particularly the fascist movement during the Mussolini period (1922-43). The problem of the equation arises from the interpretation of the political movement as an organizer of space, a key identifier for the study of the transformation and modernization of the city of Rome between wars, since their successive conceptions and contradictions are, in essence, the perfect simulacrum of the fascist modern metropolis. The importance of the city is, in our opinion, subject to the fact that it is the physical product built from metaphors and rhetorics and therefore the generator of an ideal and a political instrument. City whose ancient form seems chaotic and crowded: one frame of monuments composed of imperial fragments, myths and timeless values of glory, and symbolism of Roman nature. This specific identity calls for ownership and revival of the consolidated figures for them to associate a number of new modern images, representing the ideologies of political movement and decisive, therefore, in their propaganda, rise, and affirmation. It is precisely the importance of romanità myth that is the key to understanding the value of the city of Rome - ancient city - and the implementation of its condition for new and updated fascist urban reality - new city. Ancient and modern are terms that the text refers selectively in trying to build a perspective on the ideal identity of the fascist policy, and the city as an expression of it. It is, therefore, the realization of the fascist urban space that is the subject of this work, a political perspective and strongly linked to the recognition and measurement of space by the regime and the regime through space.