Itinerary of the moderns

The architecture of the Ventennio in the Forlì area: Forlì, Predappio and Castrocaro Terme.

In Forlì, the idea of a new ‘Forma Urbis Fori Livii’ by the fascist regime was accompanied by an effective architectural transformation of some urban areas, included in the historic centre and perfectly preserved: the Palazzo delle Poste in Piazza Saffi, the Palazzo di Giustizia, the Twin Palaces in Corso della Repubblica and many public buildings in Piazzale della Vittoria and Viale Libertà.

A landslide in the winter of 1924 was the reason for moving the center of Predappio, which in 1925 was moved to Dovìa, the Duce’s birthplace. The two barycentres of the new urban layout were identified in Mussolini’s birthplace and in Palazzo Varano, his new residence. “Predappio Nuova” became an open-air architectural museum, an emblem of the Italian rationalist period. At the beginning of the 1930s, the real attraction of Castrocaro was the Spa Park, known for its lush vegetation and for the entertainment that took place there. Between 1936 and 1938, the new Spa Complex was built; the famous Florentine architect Tito Chini not only decorated the new buildings with sumptuous decorations, but also modified the architectural plans themselves, whose realization he followed scrupulously.