Sant'Eugenio Hospital () is a hospital located in

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. It is one of the largest hospitals in

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. The construction of the hospital began in 1933, during the Fascist period. The original project, curated by Gaspare Lenzi, Luigi Lenzi and Dagoberto Ortensi, was inspired by Castel del Monte but planned to develop the building of an octagonal plant (rather than pentagonal) and erecting five towers at the corners of the rationalist building. The intention would be to occupy the institute of

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, with some scholars involved in the project having been among the signatories of the

Manifesto of Race The "Manifesto of Race" (), otherwise referred to as the Charter of Race or the Racial Manifesto, was an Italian manifesto promulgated by the government of Benito Mussolini on 14 July 1938. Its promulgation was followed by the enactment, in Octo ...

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