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Genius of Fascism

Coordinates: 41°50′12″N 12°28′08″E / 41.83655°N 12.46902°E / 41.83655; 12.46902
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Genius of Fascism
ArtistItalo Griselli
Year1939
LocationRome, Italy
Coordinates41°50′12″N 12°28′08″E / 41.83655°N 12.46902°E / 41.83655; 12.46902

Genius of Fascism is a statue from 1939 by the Italian sculptor Italo Griselli. It is located outside the Palazzo degli Uffici in the EUR district of Rome, Italy. In 1952, the supervisor of the district, Virgilio Testa, renamed the statue Genius of Sport.[1] Cestuses were then added to the hands of the figure.[2][3]

Detail of hand

References

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  1. ^ Bartolini, Flaminia (2020). "Fascism on display: the afterlife of material legacies of the dictatorship". EX NOVO Journal of Archaeology: 27.
  2. ^ Jones, Kay B.; Pilat, Stephanie (2020). The Routledge Companion to Italian Fascist Architecture. Routledge. p. 77.
  3. ^ Kallis, Aristotle (2014). The Third Rome, 1922–43: The Making of the Fascist Capital. Palgrave.