Keywords

• The history of Cinecittà has been studied
• developed and addressed only in terms of film production. Its major structural and architectural features however
• have remained in a sort of twilight period formore than seventy years. It is certainly not easy to find the material needed for the reconstruction and understanding of the motivations and stylistic choices
• the economic
• political and architectural elements which are at the origins of Europe's largest film studios project. But we know that
• even if it is going to be a winding road
• it is a viable one. The starting point are the reasons and the facts behind the location of the studios in Via Tuscolana
• which had been strongly desired by General Director for Cinematography Luigi Freddi
• Hon. Charles Roncoroni (owner of Cines warehouses) and designed by architect Gino Peressutti - with the unqualified support of the Duce. The essay will take into account the events preceding the laying of the cornerstone: from some key events and the involvement of key professional and political figures to the preliminary study of European studios by Cinecittà architect Peressutti