Current name: (private apartments)
Original name: Domus Tua (ballroom)

City: Tresigallo (FE) (ITA)
Address: Viale Giuseppe Verdi n. 30

Year of construction: 1937
Designer: Orlando Mezzadri and Carlo Frighi
Clients: Public
Architectural style: Rationalist/Littorio

Interior visitable: No
Notes: The Domus Tua is included in a dedicated itinerary in this guide
Superintendency restriction – historical and artistic significance
Vitrified brick cladding

Three fasces placed at the main entrance welcomed the residents of Tresigalle and the neighboring villages who came to dance at the “Domus Tua.” For many years, the building was the most famous and popular music venue in the area. It was located in Piazza Risorgimento, on the corner of Viale XXVIII Ottobre (the date of the March on Rome), and was given a rounded façade to complement the layout of the roundabout that, on the same ellipse, housed the elementary school and the scenic entrance to the sports field. On the façade, the lictor tower testified to the dominant presence of the Fascist Party in everyday life, even during leisure time. The ballroom adjoined the “Domus Tua” hotel, now a retirement home. The two establishments frequently collaborated in organizing weddings and receptions.
From 1942, its rooms were used as a shelter for the wounded. In the 1990s, a fire destroyed the ballroom. The modern residential building that now stands was constructed on the resulting area and the land behind it. The property has also recently housed a B&B.

Initially designed by surveyor Orlando Mezzadri in the mid-1930s, the “Domus Tua” was later refined by Carlo Frighi, the most important local engineer. As Edmondo Rossoni’s favorite technician, he was tasked with overseeing the creation of the new city and designing almost all of its public buildings. The interesting project features a Rationalist design style, enriched with cornices and moldings. The building housed a café-bar, several guest rooms, the caretaker’s apartment, service areas, and a ballroom. At the rear was an area for summer events. The tower housed the stairs to the upper floor, but its considerable height suggests an essentially symbolic and representative meaning.

The load-bearing structure is brick. Among the materials used are stone, wood for the service stairs, and reinforced concrete. The floors are made of brick and cement. The exterior features an interesting cladding of vitrified bricks that simulate ceramic. The window panes were originally opaline.