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Check the skyline of Rome. Maybe it’s an urban legend that no building is allowed to top St Peter’s Basilica — nothing higher than the House of God — but it’s a fact that the vista is significantly skyscraper-free. So the six-storey Palazzo della Civiltà stands out all the more. The huge square box, ringed with symmetrical arcades carved out of travertine marble, dominates the landscape as Benito Mussolini, who commissioned its design in the Thirties, always intended it would. But now, in the third decade of the 21st century, it’s the headquarters of Fendi, an Italian icon of a different stripe, and its architectural splendour has indirectly inspired a collection of men’s fashion.
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