4/19: Mia and Natan

 My morning walk was to an area in Southern Rome where Mussolini enacted many construction projects.

Fascist architecture in the form of Rationalism with elements of classical Roman architecture was born under dictator Benito Mussolini's rule of Italy from 1922 to 1943. Mussolini invested in public construction projects in order to foster economic development, to gain popular support and modernize the country. But it is especially during the totalitarian acceleration of the 1930s that the Regime asked its architects to reflect the values of Fascism, a form of pedagogical architecture for the masses.^[3]

Piazzale degli Archivi

Palazzo dei Congressi

Viale della Civilta del Lavoro

Marconi Obelisk

Piazza Guglielmo Marconi

Palazo della Civilta Italiana 

This area was also near the park in the south of Rome I walked to ever so long ago, so I headed over there as well.

Central Lake Park (Laghetto dell’E.U.R)

I finally climbed the 282 steps (yes, of course I counted) of Victor Emmanuel II Monument, who unified modern Italy:

 Views from above:

 Then right next door, I climbed the 124 steps to Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli:

There were a number of crypts and people buried in the floor (I assume)

Most importantly, my son and daughter-in-law, Natan and Mia, arrived in Rome this evening.