"Pedra miliar da nossa arte e da nossa estirpe": A Casa d'Itália de Juiz de Fora. (Portuguese)

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    • Alternate Title:
      "Miliary stone of our art and our race": The Casa d'Italia from Juiz de Fora. (English)
    • Subject Terms:
      JUIZ de Fora (Brazil); BRAZIL
    • Abstract:
      The article discusses the construction of the Casa d'Italia in Juiz de Fora, Brazil; from the first attempts at drawing up the project, the coming of the Italian architect Clemente Busiri-Vici, up to its building following Raphael Arcuri's design. The author highlights the architects' fascist aesthetic principles, led by Piacentini and characterized by classical rationalism.