The Afterlife of Fascist Colonial Architecture: A Critical Manifesto

Distretti,; Petti,

doi:10.5749/futuante.16.2.0047

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“…However, it was not long before Italy was divested of its colonies. With the nation's defeat in the Second World War, the killing of Mussolini, and the collapse of the fascist regime, the new Italian Republic experienced a geopolitical transition that rewrote the nation's borders (Distretti and Petti, 2019: 49).…”

Section: Italian Colonial Narratives and Historiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Transplanting Italo-Africa: The Monumento ai caduti d’Africa at Siracusa from colonial conception to Italian construction

Farmer

2023

Forum Italicum: A Journal of Italian Studies

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Romano Romanelli designed the Monumento ai caduti d’Africa at Siracusa in 1938 to commemorate the Italian colonization of East Africa. The structure was originally intended for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, but it was never constructed within the colonial capital. After the fall of the regime and the collapse of Italy's colonial program, it was eventually installed in Siracusa, a Sicilian port city once considered a springboard for the fascist colonies, in 1968. The bronze statuary and marble relief panels combine to create an artistic program that continues to valorize colonialism and debates surrounding the monument remain unresolved. This paper considers the controversial history of the Monumento ai caduti d’Africa in relation to Italo-African colonial narratives and legacies. I propose the practice of artistic intervention as a potential solution that could neutralize or counter the fascist signification of this structure.

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Section: Italian Colonial Narratives and Historiesmentioning

confidence: 99%