Borgo Appius - Borgo Domitius

Borgo Appius rural settlement in Grazzanise, and Borgo Domitius in Castel Volturno, both in the province of Caserta, were built since 1940 as part of a broader plan to colonize the country. They are "sponsored" by the ONC (National Opera Fighters), the organization of war veterans, who takes various actions similar especially in central and southern. As well as residential settlements and productive for new inhabitants, had become a reference point for the neighboring agricultural landscape. The project is written by Moses Tufaroli and Emanuele Filiberto Paolini, but the construction work, which should have been concluded in a short time, they were interrupted by the outbreak of the Second World War. In fact, the Borgo Domitian are completed only the church and the home of the beam, while everything else remains unfinished. Borgo Appius, however, comes at a higher resolution, settlement, intended to house 500 residents, is designed as a small, self-contained rural community, consisting of houses, public buildings and a church. All buildings, following the guidelines of autarkic building practices of the time, they are designed using a simple architectural language inspired by the Mediterranean villages, using local materials and reducing the use of high-cost techniques. The urban layout is linear and balanced, concentrating all public buildings in the central square and the location of residential areas in direct connection with agricultural land. After the construction stopped in 1941 the settlement was damaged during the war and has undergone further changes in the following decades, leading up to its current state of disrepair.