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From Renaissance Basilicas to Contemporary Icons
Renaissance rigour and baroque flights of fancy found fertile soil as Italy's 16th- and 17th-
century architects remodelled Rome. The 20th century saw further attempts to resurrect an-
cient glories as Mussolini restyled Rome as his fascist capital. A century later and Rome
applauds the works of the world's top architects.
