The newly founded centers in the Agro Pontino. From the local to the global, from the past to the contemporary, to the future

At the beginning of the Twentieth century, new cities and new villages were founded in the Agro pontino of southern Lazio, proposing an architecture capable of both interpreting the language of modern movement and to be respectful of the genius loci. The architecture of these newly founded cities, as for other Italian and European centers, was often the expression of authoritarian social and economic models or, in any case, incompatible with a democratic and pluralistic vision of society. Although the decorative elements of the fascist regime propaganda have been removed, the architectures of the new cities continue today to live within complex realities, changing in their physical, social and political features, suffering from the effects of a silent colonization due to globalization, and determining new cultural landscapes. Through a few examples, the contribution aims to define a survey methodology in order to rethink these cities so that the critical analysis of the design choices on which their foundation is based, might be the starting point for new urban redevelopment and planning interventions able to conjugate the identity of places with the new demands of today's life. It would be desirable to outline criteria for the development of new urban scenarios through safeguard and enhancement operations, capable of using existing resources, linked to the historical-architectural heritage, sources of sustainable development.