EUR (Esposizione Universale di Roma)

The Italian Fascist government planned to hold a great international exhibition in Rome in 1942, but work on the project, which began in 1938, was suspended on the outbreak of war. Mussolini's plan was to create, between Rome and the sea, a satellite town the modern buildings of which should outshine the old palaces of Papal Rome, and new streets were laid out and vast buildings (Palace of Congress, Palace of Labour, museums) erected in the monumental style of the Fascist period. After the war the development of the area continued, with some buildings of considerable architectural quality.