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		Sorted in order of regions and provinces from North to South. Grey characters after name mark not realized designs. Grey characters after clients mark post war clients. Question marks indicate unsecure data. This list only contains buildings built between 1922 to 1944. To colonies converted hotels, villas and other buildings are not recorded.

		Piedmont
			Alessandria (AL)
				Colonia solare "G. Barco" Padiglione F. Frascarolo
					other name:
					address:	San Salvatore Monferrato (AL), strada comunale Pozzi
					client:
					architect:
					year:	1923
					capacity:
					state:

			Cuneo (CN)
				Colonia elioterapica
					other name:
					address:	Cuneo (CN), via Porta Mondovì
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

			Novara (NO)
				Colonia solare "Medaglia d'Oro Generale Gustavo Fara"
					other name:
					address:	Meina (NO), ?
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia del sole "Benito Mussolini"
					other name:
					address:	Novara (NO), ?
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia elioterapica "Umberto di Savoia"
					other name:
					address:	Grignasco (NO), via Alessandro Mazzoni
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia elioterapica "Ten. Mario Vercellio"
					other name:
					address:	Recetto (NO), ?
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

			Torino (TO)
				Colonia elioterapica "Pier Maria Thesia"
					other name:
					address:	Cuorgnè (TO), località Costosa
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia elioterapica "III Gennaio"
					other name:	Colonia mutilatini "Don Gnocchi", Colonia elioterapica di San Vito
					address:	Turin (TO), n.n.
					client:
					architect:	Luigi Ferroglio, Ferruccio Grassi, Mario Passanti, Paolo Perona
					year:	1935-36
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia elioterapica "Antonio Mossetto"
					other name:
					address:	Volpiano (NO), via Trento 108
					client:	Fasci di Combatimento Ente Assistenziali
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:	open-air pool / Piscina parrocchiale

			Vercelli (VC)
				Colonia elioterapica
					other name:
					address:	Palazzolo Vercellese (VC), n.n.
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:	2008 destroyed by landslide

				Colonia elioterapica fluviale "Maria Pia di Savoia"
					other name:	Colonia "Elena di Savoia"		5 more pictures, 5 photos, 1 plan and further information
					address:	Vercelli (VC), corso Rigola 140
					client:
					architect:	Uffici Tecnici Comunali
					year:	1935
					capacity:
					state:	abandoned

		Lombardy
			Bergamo (BG)
				Colonia elioterapica
					other name:
					address:	Bergamo - Valtesse (BG), ?
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia elioterapica del Comitato Provinciale die Bergamo della Croce Rossa Italiano
					other name:
					address:	Bergamo (BG), via Polaresco / via Alessandi Nini da Fano
					client:	Croce Rossa Italiano
					architect:	ing. Oscar Gmur
					year:	1936
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia elioterapica "Cesare Molinero"
					other name:
					address:	Dalmine (BG), viale Antonio Locatelli
					client:	Soc. An. Stabilimenti di Dalmine
					architect:	Giovanni Greppi
					year:	1937
					capacity:
					state:	Daytime centre Anziani / Centro Diurno Anziani

				Colonia elioterapica
					other name:
					address:	Nembro (BG), ?
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia Fluviale Fascista "Arnaldo Mussolini"
					other name:	Colonia fluviale climatico "Igea"
					address:	Romano di Lombardia (BG), parco del serio
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:	ruined

			Brescia (BS)
				Colonia elioterapica "Cesare Battisti"
					other name:			2 more pictures, 7 photos, 2 plans and further information
					address:	Palazzolo sull'Oglio (BS), lungo Oglio Cesare Battisti
					client:
					architect:	Alziro Bergonzo
					year:	1935-36
					capacity:
					state:	refurbished and used as local health authority

				Colonia "Costanzo Ciano"
					other name:
					address:	Orzinuovi (BS), via Milano
					client:
					architect:
					year:	1940
					capacity:
					state:	demolished?

			Como (CO)
				Colonia "L. Passoni"
					other name:
					address:	Cantù (CO), via Giovanni da Cermenate 82/A
					client:
					architect:	Franco Longoni
					year:	1939
					capacity:
					state:	extended, Congress center / Sala Congressi

			Cremona (CR)
				Colonia elioterapica
					other name:	Colonia "Giulio Riboli"
					address:	Castelleone (CR), viale Santuario 48a
					client:
					architect:	ing. Carlo Gaudenzi
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia "Roberto Farinacci"
					other name:	Colonia Padane		3 more pictures, 32 photos,and further information
					address:	Cremona (CR), via Lungo Po Europa
					client:
					architect:	ing. Carlo Gaudenzi
					year:	1936 (1938?)
					capacity:
					state:	partly night club, partly abandoned

				Colonia campestre
					other name:
					address:	Isola Dovarese (CR), ?
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia estiva EOA
					other name:
					address:	Persichello - Frazione (CR), Largo Ostiano
					client:	EOA - Ente Opere Assistenziali
					architect:
					year:	1937 (XV)
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia fluviale
					other name:
					address:	Robecco d'Oglio (CR), SS 45
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

			Lodi (LO)
				Colonia
					other name:
					address:	Boffalora d'Adda (LO), ?
					client:
					architect:	ing. Pietro Grignani
					year:
					capacity:
					state:	destroyed by flood of river Adda

				Colonia elioterapica
					other name:
					address:	Cavenago (LO), ?
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia fluviale urbana "G. Caccialanza"
					other name:
					address:	Lodi (LO), via Cascina Carazzina
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:	Daytime center G. Caccialanza / Centro Estivo Diurno G. Caccialanza

			Mantova (MN)
				Colonia fluviale "Remo Cini"
					other name:
					address:	Dosolo (MN), ?
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia Belfiore P.N.F.
					other name:
					address:	Mantua (MN), ?
					client:
					architect:
					year:	1939?
					capacity:	300
					state:

				Asilo colonia elioterapica "Rosa Maltoni Mussolini"
					other name:
					address:	Pegognaga (MN), via Giuseppe Verdi
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:	Kindergarden

			Milano (MI)
				Colonia elioterapica "Maria Bernocchi Riboldi"
					other name:
					address:	Cerro Maggiore (MI), via Antonio Riboldi
					client:
					architect:
					year:	1939
					capacity:
					state:	Primary School "Maria Bernocchi Riboldi"

				Colonia elioterapica
					other name:
					address:	Cuggiono (MI), via Carlo Zenoni
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:	sports area

				Colonia elioterapica "Caduti per la rivoluzione"
					other name:
					address:	Legnano (MI), via Ronchi
					client:
					architect:	Studio BBPR - Gianluigi Banfi, Lodovico Belgiojoso, Enrico Peressutti, and Ernesto Rogers
					year:	1938
					capacity:	800
					state:	ruined by fire

				Colonia fascista "E. Goria"
					other name:
					address:	Motta Visconti (MI), via Colonia Ticino
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:	apparently demolished

				Colonia elioterapica "Caduti per la rivoluzione"
					other name:			3 more pictures, 24 photos, and further information
					address:	Parabiago (MI), piazza dello Sport
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:	sports area

			Pavia (PV)
				Colonia elioterapica
					other name:
					address:	Voghera (PV), via Famiglia Cignoli 1
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:	open-air pool apparently buried

			Sondrio (SO)
				Colonia elioterapica
					other name:	Colonia fluviale "Ezio Vanoni"
					address:	Morbegno (SO), via Lungo Adda Bruno Castagna
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

			Varese (VA)
				Colonia elioterapica "Casa del Sole Marisa Rossi"
					other name:
					address:	Barasso (VA), via al Piano 8
					client:
					architect:	Schiavocampo
					year:	1937
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia elioterapica "Fausto Sterzi"
					other name:
					address:	Fagnano Olona (VA), via Piave
					client:
					architect:
					year:	6. July 1937
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia elioterapica
					other name:
					address:	Fagnano Olona - Busto Arsizio (VA), via Contardo Ferrini
					client:
					architect:	Franco Poggi
					year:	1929
					capacity:
					state:	Daytime center for disabled children / Centro Diurno Disabili

				Colonia Solare Comm. "Carlo Roncoroni"
					other name:
					address:	Gavirate (VA), via al Lido 5
					client:
					architect:
					year:	1930
					capacity:
					state:	converted into Hotel Sunset

				Colonia elioterapica Bislunga
					other name:
					address:	Germignaga (VA), via A. Bodmer
					client:
					architect:	geom. Gracchi, Liuno
					year:	1929
					capacity:
					state:	2012 refurbished

				Colonia elioterapica
					other name:
					address:	Sesto Calende (VA), SS 629
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:	demolished

				Colonia elioterapica
					other name:
					address:	Venegono Superiore (VA), ?
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:	2007 demolished

		Veneto
			Rovigo (RO)
				Colonia "Lino Balbo"
					other name:
					address:	Fiesso Umbertiano (RO), via Martiri Libertà
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia fluviale Rovigo
					other name:
					address:	Polesella (RO), ?
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

			Venezia (VA)
				Colonia elioterapica
					other name:
					address:	Mestre (VE), Punta San Giuliano
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:	Canoa Club Mestre

			Verona (VR)
				Colonia solare "Pietro Vincenzi"
					other name:
					address:	Bardolino (VR), lungomare F. Cipriani
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia elioterapica
					other name:
					address:	Caldiero (VR), ?
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:	1998 demolished

				Colonia solare "A. Anderlini"
					other name:
					address:	Cerea (VR), via Marmolada
					client:
					architect:
					year:	1938
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia elioterapica "Plinio Carteri"
					other name:
					address:	Valeggio sul Mincio (VR), via Buonarotti
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

		Friuli-Venezia Giulia
			Pordenone (PN)
				Colonia estiva
					other name:
					address:	Pordenone (PN), via Molinari
					client:
					architect:	Luigi Quirini (Cesare Scoccimarro)
					year:	1935
					capacity:
					state:	demolished

			Udine (UD)
				Colonia elioterapica
					other name:
					address:	Osoppo (UD), via Tagliamento
					client:
					architect:
					year:	at least since 1937
					capacity:
					state:

		Emilia-Romagna
			Bologna (BO)
				Colonia "Assunta Panterna"
					other name:
					address:	San Lazzaro di Savena (BO), via Ca' Bassa
					client:
					architect:	Mario Agnoli
					year:	1940
					capacity:	220
					state:	demolished

				Colonia elioterapica
					other name:
					address:	Pieve di Cento (BO), via Viola
					client:
					architect:
					year:	1928 1932 extended with pavillion "Arnaldo Mussolini"
					capacity:
					state:

			Ferrara (FE)
				Colonia solare
					other name:
					address:	Cento (FE), via Argine Reno
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

			Modena (MO)
				Colonia elioterapica del Secchia Principi di Piemonte
					other name:
					address:	Sassuolo (MO), via Monchio
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:	Residenza Circolo ARCI

			Piacenza (PC)
				Colonia elioterapica fluviale "Giuseppe Carenzi"
					other name:
					address:	Bobbio (PC), Strada Provinciale 16
					client:
					architect:
					year:	4. September 1937, (1928)
					capacity:
					state:

		Tuscany
			Grosseto (GR)
				Colonia elioterapica "Arnaldo Mussolini"
					other name:
					address:	Roccastrada (GR); ?
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

			Pistoia (PT)
				Colonia elioterapica fluviale "Giuseppe Carenzi"
					other name:
					address:	Borgo Buggiano (PT), via Livornese
					client:
					architect:	Dagoberto Ortensi
					year:	1940
					capacity:
					state:	refurbished - Casa del Vigili del Fuoco "Tullio Baroni"

			Piacenza (PC)
				Colonia elioterapica "Mussolini" - Siena
					other name:
					address:	Serre di Rapolano (SI), Strada del Cimiterio
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia Caserma della G.I.L. "Beppino Puccio-Prefumo"
					other name:
					address:	Bettolle (SI), ?
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

		Marche
			Pesaro et Urbino (PU)
				Colonia elioterapica "Sabatino Sgavicchia"
					other name:
					address:	Pergola (PU), via Zoccolanti
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

		Umbria
			Perugia (PG)
				Colonia elioterapica "Dux"
					other name:
					address:	Gualdo Tadino (PG), via Colonia
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia elioterapica "Eugenio Faina"
					other name:
					address:	Monte Peglia (TR), ?
					client:	C.I.F. - Centro Italiano Femminile
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:	ruin

		Lazio
			Frosinone (FR)
				Colonia solare "Pietro Poli"
					other name:
					address:	Isola del Liri (FR), ?
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

			Roma (RO)
				Colonia della G.I.L. al Foro Mussolini
					other name:	Colonia elioterapica a Monte Mario
					address:	Rom (RO), viale della Camilluccia
					client:	G.I.L. - Gioventù Italiana Littorio
					architect:	Enrico del Debbio
					year:	1934
					capacity:	800
					state:	entrance building demolished, partly refurbished

				Colonia diurna
					other name:
					address:	Rom (RO), piazza degli Eroi
					client:
					architect:	Ignazio Guidi
					year:	1935
					capacity:	60
					state:	demolished

			Viterbo (RO)
				Colonia elioterapica provinciale
					other name:
					address:	Bolsena (VT), ?
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

		Campania
			Benevento (BN)
				Colonia elioterapica
					other name:
					address:	Benevento (BN), via Romaldo II
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:	refurbished

				Colonia elioterapica "Italo Balbo"
					other name:
					address:	Apice (BN), ?
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

			Neapel (NA)
				Colonia elioterapica "Maria Gabriella di Savoia"
					other name:
					address:	Nola (NA), via Seminario
					client:
					architect:
					year:	2. August 1935
					capacity:
					state:

		Basilicata
			Potenza (PZ)
				Colonia elioterapica
					other name:
					address:	Acerenza (PZ), ?
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:




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