Achille Pintonello

Achille Pintonello was an architect from Rome, who was one of the main exponents of rationalist architecture but also one of the most prominent exponents of the fascist architecture in Italy in the 1930s. He spent much of his youth in Cadoneghe, the family’s place of origin. From 1927, he was active in Rome.

Pintonello designed a number of representative and educational buildings for the Mussolini regime including the Fascist Academy for Physical Education of Women in Orvieto (1932), the work submitted in Berlin, the School of the Harbor Militia and the Marine College of the GIL, the fascist youth movement, both in Sabaudia (1936-1938). His best known work of the time was the Olympic Stadium, built in Rome 1928-1937 under the name of Stadium of the Cypresses. After World War II, his only important building was the main entrance of Rome’s central railway station, the Roma Termini. Later he published some books on various topics, including one called The Popes in 1977.