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Rome may sell Square Colosseum to Fendi as city faces cash crisis
United Kingdom Architecture News - Feb 16, 2015 - 13:46 3948 views
Built on Mussolini’s orders, the Palazzo della Civiltà del Lavoro, or Square Colosseum, may be sold to Fendi. Photograph:Alamy
Built under orders of Benito Mussolini, structure could become home of fashion house as state-owned property business struggles with money.A cash shortage in Rome could see the city’s fascist-era Square Colosseum sold to the fashion house Fendi, despite calls in the Italian capital to keep the building in state hands......Continue Reading
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