Book contents
- Ancient Rome and the Modern Italian State
- Ancient Rome and the Modern Italian State
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Structure of the Book
- Chapter One Placemaking
- Chapter Two Ideological Placemaking
- Chapter Three Post-Unification Placemaking (1870–1922)
- Chapter Four Reclaiming Historical Identities of Four Classical Monuments
- Chapter Five The Fascist Placemaking of Four Classical Monuments (1922–1945)
- Chapter Six The Fascist Ideological Placemaking
- Chapter Seven Afterword
- References
- Index
Chapter Four - Reclaiming Historical Identities of Four Classical Monuments
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 July 2023
- Ancient Rome and the Modern Italian State
- Ancient Rome and the Modern Italian State
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Structure of the Book
- Chapter One Placemaking
- Chapter Two Ideological Placemaking
- Chapter Three Post-Unification Placemaking (1870–1922)
- Chapter Four Reclaiming Historical Identities of Four Classical Monuments
- Chapter Five The Fascist Placemaking of Four Classical Monuments (1922–1945)
- Chapter Six The Fascist Ideological Placemaking
- Chapter Seven Afterword
- References
- Index
Summary
Ancient monuments have always played a key role in building the identity of a nation or, as in the case we are going to deal with, of the city of Rome. Such processes are dictated by clear political agendas through which a precise selection of connections with the past is established, as well as a series of narratives aimed at creating, through myths and legends, a sense of social belonging. Entering the heart of the Eternal City, architecture was bent to the will of emperors, popes, and governments up to Mussolini’s regime and transformed into a vehicle for the transmission of populist propaganda, whether it be religious or political.
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- Ancient Rome and the Modern Italian StateIdeological Placemaking, Archaeology, and Architecture, 1870–1945, pp. 97 - 146Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023