Riccardo Morandi's Metronio Market

Over the past century, Rome has produced two generations of great architects.   One, serving Mussolini’s Fascist regime, or simply practicin...

Trionfale: A Rome "Suburb"

A Courtyard in one of Trionfale's Fascist-Era Public Housing Projects Rome the Second Time is partly a book about Rome's suburbs.  ...

RST Top 40. #16: Garbatella

While loathe to admit errors of judgment in assembling  Rome the Second Time , our latest stay in Rome, in San Paolo, to the south of Rome...

RST Top 40. #18: Case Popolari/Mussolini's Public Housing

Officially and emotionally, the Fascist regime (1922-1943) emphasized the virtues of rural life and made an effort to keep Italians in the s...

RST Top 40. #34: a Fascist Era Post Office

Two of Rome's masterpieces of architectural geometry are located within a stone's throw, across the street from each other in via Ma...