Ex Casa del Fascio

Typical building of Italian rationalism now headquarters of the Guardia di Finanza

During the Fascist period, about 5000 buildings were specially built throughout Italy, designed by Italian rationalist architects, to house the “Casa del Fascio”. One of these was built in Rho, which had recently been elevated to the rank of city, and was inaugurated in 1935. The rooms are characterized by very high ceilings and very large spaces.

Address:

Via Martiri della Libertà, 18 Rho MI

Open for visits:

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A sad chapter in Rho's history

During the Second World War it became sadly known for being a place of imprisonment and torture of young inhabitants of Rho adherents of the Resistance, some of whom were shot in the immediate vicinity. There are still tombstones with photographs of the young people barbarously slaughtered. Today it is the headquarters of the Guardia di Finanza of Rho.