Obelisk dedicated to Guglielmo Marconi, Piazza G. Marconi, Esposizione Universale di Roma (EUR) 1942, Rome

RIBA Ref No RIBA45012

Architect/Designer	Dazzi, Arturo (1881-1966)
	Fariello, Francesco
	Moretti, Luigi (1907-1973)
	Muratori, Saverio (1910-1973)
	Quaroni, Ludovico (1911-1987)
Artist/Photographer	Bissell, Gerhard
Country	Italy
City	Rome
Subject Date	1959
Image Date	2008
View	Exterior
Medium	Digital image
Library Reference	RIBA45012
Orientation	Portrait
Colour Info	Colour
Credit	Gerhard Bissell / RIBA Collections
Subject	Squares ; Obelisks ; Museums

NOTES: The obelisk (sculptor Arturo Dazzi) was begun in 1939 but the war stopped work on it. Then, in 1959, Dazzi completed it for the 1960 Rome Olympics. The Piazza Imperiale, now the Piazza G. Marconi, was designed as part of the EUR master plan by Fariello, Moretti, Muratori and Quaroni.

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