Vincenzo Fasolo (1885 Spalato-1969 Roma). Il Palazzetto del Governatorato a Ostia Lido e la sua decorazione.

Vincenzo Fasolo (1885 Split-1969 Rome). The Governor’s Palace in Ostia Lido and its decoration · This study deals with a particular administrative building erected by the architect Vincenzo Fasolo during the Fascist period (1928-1932) in Ostia Lido, at that time the new suburban beaching resort of Rome. Focus point of this examination is the decoration in sgraffito or graffito technique developed on the outer and inner walls of the courtyard of the building. The use of this methods finds probably its origin in Fasolo’s background, since he was a Dalmatian native. The decorator Umberto Calzolari, executer of this work, has been able to create, in a late Liberty and imaginative style, a combination of mythological elements with contemporary symbols. An absolute unusual oeuvre for a municipal building.