The ex-Casa del Fascio in Predappio and the question of the “difficult heritage” of Fascism in contemporary Italy

Datos Bibliográficos

ID18935151
AutoresSimona Storchi (University of Leicester, autor de correspondencia)
Año2019
Volumen24
Número2
Páginas139-157
Fecha de publicación2019-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaModern Italy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1353-2944 • E-ISSN: 1469-9877
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/mit.2019.8
OpenAlexW2923723955
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas14

This article focuses on the history and reception of the ex-Casa del Fascio in Predappio, from the end of the Second World War to the current plans for its restoration and reuse as a study centre and a museum of Fascism. Taking into account changes in legislative, political, and cultural contexts, the article proposes an approach to the legacy of Fascist architecture in Italy based not just on its ideological charge, but also on cultural and political shifts, changes in legislation, and the complex relationships between the bodies in charge of the preservation and management of public heritage. The recent plans put forward by the town administration to restore the building and turn it into a museum of Fascism have reopened the debate on the heritage of Fascism and the ex-Casa del Fascio has now become one of the most conspicuous emblems of Italy’s uneasy relationship with its Fascist past and of the problems of dealing with the material legacy of the Fascist regime

Archaeology · Cultural heritage · Emblem · Ideology · Legislation · Legislature · Political science · Politics · Sociology · 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · History · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law · Architecture