Unexpected Architectures. Restorations in Romagna Between the Two World Wars

Abstract

The research here presented is a critical appraisal of some restoration works carried out between the two World Wars in a particular geographic context, which is the Romagna district, in the Northeast of Italy. Starting from two case studies (the Casa del Fascio in Forlì and the Malatesta Library in Cesena) and thanks to the analysis of bibliographical sources, archival documents, and drawings, this research aims at understanding how broader and major theories about architectural restoration are articulated in peripheral background. What emerges are unexpected results: Late and deeply contextualized operations, strongly linked with the national panorama but at the same time chasing for the revival of their own history.

Keywords

• Casa del Fascio
• Forlì
• Malatesta Library
• Cesena
• restoration
• revival
• Ariodante Bazzero
• Luigi Corsini
• Amilcare Zavatti