ATRIUM - Architecture of Totalitarian Regimes
Urban memory of 20th century Europe
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ATRIUM connects sites of architecture from totalitarian regimes across Europe, promoting critical reflection on our shared 20th-century history.
How to cope with dissonant heritage: a way towards sustainable tourism development
Patrizia Battilani, Cristina Bernini, Alessia Mariotti (2018)
Journal of Sustainable Tourism
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The Linguistic and Cultural Interpretation of Dissonant Heritage: the ATRIUM Cultural Route
Sandra Nauert (2017)
SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología
12 citationsView on OpenAlex
Traveling experience: Roman emperors and Danube wine route
Goran Petković, Michael Werner, Renata Pindžo (2019)
Ekonomika preduzeca
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“From Beautification to Ennobling”: The Exterior Mural Mosaics from Suceava of the Socialist Era
Ştefan Purici, Harieta Mareci Sabol (2022)
Societies
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Tourism Routes Characterisation and Concepts
André Pedrosa, Filomena, Zélia (2022)
International Conference on Tourism Research
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The Journey
The ATRIUM Route explores the architecture and urban planning legacies of totalitarian regimes in 20th-century Europe. Through preserved sites, museums, and memorials, it encourages dialogue about authoritarian architecture's role in propaganda and social control.
The route connects buildings, monuments, and urban spaces created under various totalitarian regimes - fascist, nazi, and communist - transforming them into sites of critical education and democratic reflection.
Key themes include architectural propaganda, urban planning under authoritarianism, and the transformation of totalitarian heritage into spaces for democratic education and cultural tourism.