| Summary: | One hundred years of united Italy were of
ficially celebrated in 1961 with an
exposition named ‘Italia ’61’. Held in united Italy
’s first capital, the northern city of Turin,
and comprising three major exhibitions, Historical,
Regional and International, the
common themes selected were unity, continuity and w
ork, and emphasis was placed on
conveying an understanding that the process of nati
on- building was complete. While the
Regional and International exhibitions were constru
cted in the new Italia ’61 Park, the
Historical Exhibition was shown in the Palazzo Cari
gnano in the historic centre of the city.
In the late-1950s, a curatorial team was appointed
and charged with narrating the history
of Italian unification in such a way that was befit
ting for the new Republic of Italy. This
article is a study of the Historical Exhibition at
Italia ’61 and it questions the extent of
‘regime’ change that took place in Republican Italy.
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