The new town in Bolzano. An urban planning during the fascism
During the fascist period in Italy, Bolzano and the province of South Tyrol were transformed in a remarkable
way. This area is an important example to show the intention of the fascist dictatorship to “colonize” a province
of Italy with the instrument of architecture and urbanism. The declared goal was the “Italianization” of this
northern part of Italy which belonged till the end of the First World War to Austria. The article focuses in
particular on the urban situation around the “Victory Monument”. The original idea of a monumental plaza
couldn't be realized because of the prohibitively high expenses for the regulation of the river Talver. Still
nowadays there is a lot of public debates going on about the buildings of the fascist period, particularly about
the“Victory Monument.“, designed by the architect Marcello Piacentini. In 2014, finally, an exhibition has
been opened inside the monument about the history of the monument itself and about the regional history
from 1918 to 1945 linked to the fascist and national socialist dictatorship.
