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Tour in Rome:
The Roman Palazzina

This tour offer an in-depth look at the roman palazzina, a distinct urban housing typology rarely documented outside of Italy, yet essential to understanding Rome’s twentieth-century architecture. Emerging between the 1920s and 1960s, the palazzina redefined middle-class living through a model that combined density with human scale, and modernist clarity with mediterranean warmth.

Far from a repetitive formula, it became a site of architectural experimentation and invention. From Moretti’s sculptural Casa Il Girasole to Ugo Luccichenti’s nautically inspired facades and Ridolfi’s rigorous formalism, the palazzina revealed surprising expressive potential.

Architects blended modernist clarity with Mediterranean nuance, animating facades through loggias, balconies, and rhythmic composition. Interiors echoed this care, with marble-clad entrances, elegantly detailed staircases, and refined use of materials from travertine to glass.

Join us to discover the hidden elegance of the roman palazzina where modernism meets everyday life, and small-scale design leaves a lasting urban legacy.