CATANIA

This page, dedicated to the Fascist architecture of Catania , is here thanks to the information and research of a friend: VINCENZO PERINO, AGATINO REITANO and DARIO DI STEFANO.

Casa del Mutilato (House of mutilated war veterans) – Piazza Vicenzo Bellini
Present Day: Offices of the U.S.L. (Health and Sanitation Offices).
Casa del Mutilato (House of mutilated war veterans): The statues of soldiers on the arch over the entrance.
Casa del Mutilato (House of mutilated war veterans): The door at the entrance bordered with “Signum” with the badges of the Regime and of the Associazione Mutiliati (Mutilated War Veterans Association).
Casa del Mutilato (House of Mutilated war veterans): A more detailed look at the “Signum”.

Casa della G.I.L. (House of G.I.L: Fascist youth organization building) – Via Plebiscito;
Present Day: Preschool, Elementary, and Middle school headquarters.

Casa della G.I.L. (House of G.I.L.: Fascist youth organization building): Group of marble statues on the arch over the entrance.


Chamber of Commerce;
Present Day: Same Function, architect Vincenzo Patanè (1876-1933)

Above the balcony the king's simbol


Chamber of Commerce: Main entrance

The Fasces which decorate the perimeter of all the building
Chamber of Commerce: A closer look at the gratings on the door reveal a series fasces with the year of the building’s construction; 1932-X EF (Era Fascista).

Elementary School MARIO RAPISARDI
Via Aosta
Fasces still present on the building’s main entrance.
In the school yard, on the side of Viale Vittorio Veneto , the year of the school’s contruction is still visible: XI, EF (Era Fascista). Also visible is a bas-relief depicting the famous “book and musket”.
Elementary School
Via Caronda
Fasces still present on the building’s face.
Post building of Catania, the project is of 1919 the building began in 1922
finance guard's barracks dedicated to "Angelo Maiorana".
built in 1933.