Contemporary, modern, post-modern places to visit in Rome (or elsewhere in Italy)
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Contemporary, modern, post-modern places to visit in Rome (or elsewhere in Italy)
For balance, I'd like to include some 20th-century content when visiting Rome (also Florence and Venice, but it may be harder there).
Any ideas?
I read the EUR area in Rome is like a monument to fascism, and I'm not sure that is what I'm after.
I wouldn't mind visiting a WWII museum or some such thing.
Any particularly recommended places?
Any ideas?
I read the EUR area in Rome is like a monument to fascism, and I'm not sure that is what I'm after.
I wouldn't mind visiting a WWII museum or some such thing.
Any particularly recommended places?
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For modern architecture in Venice, look at Pier Luigi Nervi's building for the Cassa di Risparmio di Venezia; it has been generally decried as a blemish on the Venetian architectural scene.
Also in Venice, Carlo Scarpa's "remodeling" of the Galleria Querini-Stampalia and its garden; they have generally been accepted as a graceful intervention in the Venetian cityscape.
A Venice architect of my acquaintance has told me that there is a very interesting new residential quarter being built on the island of Giudecca; I have not seen it myself.
In Rome, Nervi designed three stadia for the 1960 Rome Olympics; he is also the architect of the Papal Audience Hall.
Also in Venice, Carlo Scarpa's "remodeling" of the Galleria Querini-Stampalia and its garden; they have generally been accepted as a graceful intervention in the Venetian cityscape.
A Venice architect of my acquaintance has told me that there is a very interesting new residential quarter being built on the island of Giudecca; I have not seen it myself.
In Rome, Nervi designed three stadia for the 1960 Rome Olympics; he is also the architect of the Papal Audience Hall.
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Rome's newly (2003) consecrated church
"Dives in Misericordia" - is a soaring Modernist beauty designed by a well-known (Jewish) NY City architect, Richard Meier.
Mr Meier's concept was chosen through a design competition (beating out Frank Gehry amongst others); the model was viewed and approved of beforehand by the Pontiff himself.
"Dives in Misericordia" - is a soaring Modernist beauty designed by a well-known (Jewish) NY City architect, Richard Meier.
Mr Meier's concept was chosen through a design competition (beating out Frank Gehry amongst others); the model was viewed and approved of beforehand by the Pontiff himself.
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Those Venice and Rome suggestions sound quite interesting. Thank you. I'm a little surprised that Rome needed another church, but so it is .
Here are pictures of Dives in Misericordia:
http://www.italcementigroup.com/newsite/Chiesa_2000.htm
Here are pictures of Dives in Misericordia:
http://www.italcementigroup.com/newsite/Chiesa_2000.htm
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The church reminds me of the Sydney Opera House and Canada Place (in Vancouver). In those cases the sails make a little more sense, given the oceanfront location. But I actually do like the design of that church.
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Based on my reading, I think Fosse Ardeatine, Museum of the Resistance, would be good to visit.
http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguid...deatine_rome-i
http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguid...deatine_rome-i
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There are a few interesting Art Nouveau buildings in Milan (a lot of which was bombed flat in WWII) and the museum of modern art is supposed to be good.
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