Meetings of the leaders of the “G20 countries” (G20) will be held in Rome in the Necola Congress Center, which is located in the World Exhibition Quarter (Esposizione Universale Di Roma, EUR). This place is noteworthy what was conceived and built on the initiative of the fascist dictator Italy Benito Mussolini. The Washigton Post writes about historical parallels.
on the idea of Ducheu, EUR was supposed to become an embodiment of the exemplary city: with wide streets, large gardens, open spaces and many neoclassical monuments. Built in the form of an almost perfect pentagon, he became the embodiment of the fantasy of the best Italian architects of that time.
All efforts – to demonstrate the superiority of the fascist regime in Italy at the 1942 World Exhibition. But because of the start of World War II, the exhibition did not take place.
Now the area is similar to the usual – there are residential apartments, corporate offices, snack bars and headquarters of several companies. Some of the old monuments were removed, but there was still one, on which there is an image of Mussolini himself – a dead sits on a horse surrounded by soldiers.
79 years old EUR takes high guests. It was chosen as a platform for the G20 summit for security reasons – the area is convenient to hide from the rest of the city.
In the summit, all the heads of the “Big Twenty” countries will take part – these are countries with the most developed and large economy. Joe Biden will arrive at the summit for the first time as president of the United States. Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Chairman of the PRC Si Jinping will take part in the video call negotiations.