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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   3838 views

Rome may sell Square Colosseum to Fendi as city faces cash crisis

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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