Monuments have come to play an increasingly significant and contested role; they are not just static relic sitting in the built environment. The story narrated by architecture is connected to cultural, social and political contexts. Why are monuments persisting in our landscape?
Monuments are silent documents, texts that can unveil different aspects of the politics of power on the ground.Â
A Monument to What? is a script that gives a voice to the Victory Monument, a fascist arch situated in Bolzano, in the North of Italy. The
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