Palazzo degli uffici statali, Government office building in Forlì, Italy
Palazzo degli Uffici Statali stands at the intersection of Via delle Torri and Corso Mazzini as a large administrative building with a loggia on the ground floor. Its interior is divided into roughly 300 rooms that house various government departments.
Built in 1935–1936 to designs by Cesare Bazzani, the palace replaced older buildings owned by the Montanari, Valdesi and Pantoli families, including the protected Palazzo Baratti, which was struck from the list of historic buildings. Mussolini personally insisted on Bazzani and pressed for the demolitions; the building was inaugurated on 21 April 1937.
The building's name reflects its role as the seat of state ministry offices for finance, public works, and agriculture. Its ground-floor loggia was designed to host commercial premises, a concession promised to the shopkeepers displaced by the demolitions. The corner body rises one storey above the rest, treated as a tower-like block with pilasters alternating with plastered surfaces.
The palace fills an entire block between Via delle Torri and Corso Mazzini, a short walk from Piazza Aurelio Saffi. Its ground-floor portico runs along the street and shelters pedestrians passing the corner. The corner body rises one storey above the rest, making it easy to pick out from the surrounding streets.
A tower that once crowned the building was destroyed in a bombing raid in 1944, permanently altering its original roofline. This change remains visible in the structure today.
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