Trieste National Hall

It included the Slovene theatre in Trieste, a hotel, a restaurant, a gym[5] and numerous cultural associations.

[5] Fabiani designed the building with the concept of technical-rational structure, with the facade of monumental stone.

[8][9] It had an ornate facade and state-of-the-art equipment, including an electric generator and central heating.

[10] The act was praised by Benito Mussolini, who had not yet assumed power, as a "masterpiece of the Triestine Fascism" (Italian: capolavoro del fascismo triestino).

[11][12] Boris Pahor's autobiographical novel Trg Oberdan[Note 1] describes how he witnessed the Fascists burning the building.