Italian colonial architecture

Italian colonial architecture includes a variety of architectural styles utilized by the colonial authorities and colonists of the Italian Empire.

The architectural styles used in the Italian colonies from the founding of Italian Eritrea in 1885 until the ascent of the National Fascist Party were heterogeneous and generally reflective of the architectural scene in Italy, albeit with an orientalist slant. The expansion of the empire under Fascist administration eventually demanded the creation of a "colonial style" based on the combination of Italian and appropriated local vernacular styles. This development of a "colonial style" in the early 1930s made various incarnations of Rationalism the preponderant style in Italy's African and European colonies until their demise in World War II.