Recently, luxury fashion company FENDI inaugurated Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana as its new headquarters. It is also hosting an exhibition open for public till March 7, 2016
On the occasion of the inauguration of Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana as FENDI’s new headquarters — project by architect Marco Costanzi — the Roman Maison hosts the exhibition Una Nuova Roma. l’Eur e il Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana. The exhibition has been opened to the public from October 23, 2015 until March 7, 2016 and located on the first floor of the Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana, in that area which, since the beginning, FENDI has decided to devote to exhibitions.
The exhibition, promoted by FENDI and realised in collaboration with Roma Capitale, Assessorato alla Cultura e al Turismo – Sovrintendenza Capitolina ai Beni Culturali, represents a first in the public-private cooperation, as well as being a further demonstration of FENDI’s commitment in giving value to and supporting the city’s historical heritage following the restoration of the Trevi Fountain and of the Four Fountains complex.
Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana is the ideal space and the cornerstone to show, in a contemporary way, the ongoing transformation of the Eur area and of Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana.
“We are proud to give back today to our city, Rome, and to the whole world, the Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana, symbol of our Roman roots and of a continuous dialogue between traditions and modernity, values dear to FENDI since ever. In addition from the 23 October, after more than seventy years from its creation, Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana’s first floor will be finally open to public through an exhibition that tells its story since its architectural project to nowadays,” states Pietro Beccari, chairman and CEO of FENDI.