Giuseppe Terragni
Architect
1904 – 1943
Who was Giuseppe Terragni?
Giuseppe Terragni was an Italian architect who worked primarily under the fascist regime of Benito Mussolini and pioneered the Italian modern movement under the rubric of Rationalism. His most famous work is the Casa del Fascio built in Como, northern Italy, which was begun in 1932 and completed in 1936; it was built in accordance with the International Style of architecture and frescoed by abstract artist Mario Radice. In 1938, at the behest of Mussolini's fascist government, Terragni designed the Danteum, a monument to the Italian poet Dante Alighieri structured around the formal divisions of his greatest work, the Divine Comedy.
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