Through the 1937 pitch, the Ministry of Public Works, with the personal involvement of the Head of State, tried to give Forlì a definitive seat for the entire judicial organization.
Two very old blocks were completely knocked down and via Bagnola was completely canceled to initate the monumentality imposed by Piacentini with the Courthouse of Milan.
Due to the poor results in the world war the works were suspended, leaving a huge building almost entirely deprived of any finish. The building has been used as courthouse only since 1968.
The two-colored pattern resulting from the execution of the porphyry base and the Lombardy tile covering were supposed to establish a relationship with the severe old terra-cotta of the bell tower and the apse of the S. Mercuriale monumental complex, but was replaced by plain plaster and travertine base because of the difficulties caused by the war. The protest of the competent bodies did not change the decision to use poor materials in the interior decoration as well.
The designer himself, Francesco Leoni, noted a general degradation of the austerity and monumentality of the entire building.
How to get there: By car: Autostrada A 14 from Bologna and from Rimini (Forlì exit, direction center), near Piazza Saffi; State Road 9 “Emilia” from Bologna and from Rimini;
By train: Main connections with North and South Italy through the Bologna-Firenze-Rimini-Ancona-Bari lines;
By plane: Forlì “Luigi Ridolfi” airport
Via Seganti, 103 – tel. 0543/780049
Aeroporto Internazionale di Rimini
Via Flaminia, Miramare – tel. 0541/715711
Modern architecture in the surrounding areas: Former Collegio Aeronautico G.I.L.
Public opening hours: The public building can be visited and is still the premises of the Courts and judicial offices
Useful information: Telephone: 0543/712444 Fax: 0543/ 712450 Web site: http://www.cofo.it
Sources: Ulisse Tramoni, Le Radici del Razionalismo in Romagna, Menabò Editore, Proprietà: Ass.ne - Arte Turismo e Congressi, Forlì 2005
a cura di M. Casciato, P. Orlandi, Quale e Quanta, Edizioni CLUEB, Bologna 2005
U. Tramonti e L. Prati, "La città progettata: Forlì, Architettura fra le guerre - Itinerari nella città", Comune di Forlì, Forlì 2000
a cura di U. Tramonti, L. Prati, testi AA. VV., "La città progettata: Forlì, Predappio, Castrocaro - Urbanistica e Architettura fra le due guerre, Comune di Forlì, Forlì 1999
http://www.cofo.it
http://www.turismoforlivese.it
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