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Vittoriale

The Vittoriale is the plastic representation of an idea

On the occasion of the centenary of the Vittoriale, we resume the interview on the subject with the historian Marco Cimmino, edited by our friends at Verticale-Blog. 1) At the Vittoriale there is not only the imprint of the style of one of the great spirits of Italy, but almost the trace of a manifesto of life, of a declaration to the world. Could you try to explain to us better what it is about? The Vittoriale is the plastic representation of an idea: not of an idea of ​​a house, but of a vision of things, of a precise Weltanschauung. Originally, Villa Maroni was a beautiful house on the hill, like so many on the shores of Garda: Gabriele D'Annunzio transformed it into a place...