The Museo della Civilta Romana – the Museum of Roman Civilization – is situated at EUR, a modern city that was the brainchild of Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. It’s one of Rome’s most interesting museums, however many visitors miss it due to its remote location.
A trip to EUR, Rome’s starkly modern “city” located about 7 km (4.3 miles) outside the historic city center, will reveal a plethora of huge contemporary structures proposed by Mussolini for a 1942 exposition that never materialized, due to World War II.
The Fascist leader hired architect Marcello Piacentini to design these monumental buildings, which many believed were an insult to the wonderful classic architecture of the Eternal City.
Museo della Civilta Romana was designed by architects Pietro Ascheri, D. Bernardini and Cesare Pascoletti and was built between 1939 and 1941. It’s divided into 59 sections that illustrate the history of Roman civilization.
