Casa del Fascio

A casa del Fascio, casa Littoria, or casa del Littorio (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkaːza del ˈfaʃʃo, ˈkaːsa -]) was a building housing the local branch of the National Fascist Party and later the Republican Fascist Party under the regime of Italian Fascism, in Italy and its colonies, and Malta.

Littorio means lictor, the bearer of the fasces lictorii, the symbol of Roman power adopted by the Fascist party.

In smaller towns, existing buildings were bought or rented, sometimes unmodified, sometimes specially adapted.

[4] After World War II, the Case del Fascio were turned over to the Italian state under the provisions of Law 159 of July 27, 1944, "Sanctions against Fascism".

At present, only the Bolzano former Casa Littoria has been recontextualized, displaying from 2017 onwards a quote from Hannah Arendt placed over a monumental bas-relief with at its center Mussolini himself and publicly contradicting him.

The Palazzo Littorio of Montevarchi
The former Casa del Fascio of Asciano
The former Casa Littoria in Bolzano , juxtaposed with a Hannah Arendt -quotation in 2017