Esposizione universale (1942)
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| EXPO Rome 1942 | |
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Piazza Guglielmo Marconi
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| Overview | |
| BIE-class | Canceled exposition |
| Name | E 42 |
| Area | 400 hectares (990 acres) |
| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| City | Rome |
| Venue | Quartiere Europa |
| Coordinates | 41°50′1″N 12°28′15″E / 41.83361°N 12.47083°E |
| Timeline | |
| Bidding | 1930 |
| Awarded | December 26, 1936 |
| Opening | never |
| Universal Expositions | |
| Previous | 1939 New York World's Fair in New York |
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The Esposizione universale (World's Fair) of 1942 was planned to be held in Rome.
The government projected a new neighbourhood, on the south-west of Rome, called Esposizione Universale Roma, or EUR. Many references to ancient and imperial Rome were planned, such as the building of the Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana as a cubic Colosseum, an obelisk to Guglielmo Marconi, and a projected but not built great arch, featured in the Fair posters.
Italy's involvement in World War II, however, meant that the show never took place.
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