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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.



		Croatia
				Colonia marina "La Villa Italia"
					other name:
					address:	Fiume (Rijeka), Istarska
					client:
					architect:
					year:	1924
					capacity:
					state:


		Slovenia
				Colonia marina R.A.S.
					other name:
					address:	Portorose (Portrož), Sencna pot 2
					client:	R.A.S. - Riunione Adriatica di Sicurtà
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:	Youth Hostel "Europa"

		Friuli
			Udine (UD)
				Colonia marina "Costanzo Ciano"
					other name:			11 more pictures, 1 plan, and some information
					address:
					client:	Lignano Sabbiadoro (UD), via Centrale 29
					architect:	Pietro Zanini
					year:	1935-38
					capacity:	700
					state:	holiday resort (Soggiorno Holiday)

		Venetia
			Venezia (VE)
				Colonia del Fascio
					other name:
					address:	Lido di Jesolo (VE), ?
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:	)

				Colonia marina Croce Rosso Italiano
					other name:	Colonia marina "Luigi Luzzati", Colonia "Piero Bifis"
					address:	Lido di Jesolo (VE), via Dalmazia
					client:	C.R.I. - Croce Rosso Italiano
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:	refurbished, hotel

				Istituto Marino "Dux"
					other name:
					address:	Lido di Jesolo (VE), via Dalmazia
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia marina "Luigi Maran"
					other name:
					address:	Lido Alberoni (VE), ?
					client:	Suore Elisabettine
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia marina S.A.D.E.
					other name:
					address:	Lido Alberoni (VE), strada della Droma
					client:	S.A.D.E. - Società Adriatica di Elettricità
					architect:	Giuseppe Muzzi
					year:	1935
					capacity:
					state:	rebuilt and refurbished

				Colonia marina "Principi di Piemonte"
					other name:	Colonia marina di Padova
					address:	Lido Alberoni (VE), strada della Droma
					client:	City of Padua?
					architect:	Daniele Calabi, Antonio Salce
					year:	1936-37, 1961 rebuild 1971 extension
					capacity:	400
					state:	abandoned

				Colonia marina Venezia
					other name:
					address:	Isola di Caroman (VE)
					client:	City of Venice?
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:	partly holiday resort "Villagio marina", partly abandoned

		Emilia-Romagna
			Ravenna (RA)
				Colonia marina del Fascismo Ravennate
					other name:	Colonia Croce Rossa Italiana Colonia marina della Provincia di Ravenna		6 more pictures, 1 plan, 14 photos and some information
					address:	Marina di Ravenna (RA), viale delle Nazioni 461-469
					client:	C.R.I. - Croce Rossa Italiana
					architect:	Giovanni Montanari
					year:	1934
					capacity:	1.500
					state:	)refurbished, hotel und appartments

				Colonia marina delle Montecatini
					other name:	Colonia marina Monopoli di Stato
					address:	Cervia - Milano Marittima (RA), viale Matteotti
					client:	Societá Montecatini Monopoli di Stato
					architect:	Eugenio Faludi mit de Micheli, Ufficio tecnico Montecatini
					year:	1938
					capacity:	500 (1.500)
					state:	abandoned

				Colonia marina "Costanzo Ciano" del Comune di Varese
					other name:	Colonia Varese
					address:	Cervia (RA), Milano Marittima, viale Matteotti
					client:	City of Varese?
					architect:	Mario Loreti
					year:	1937-39
					capacity:	700 (800)
					state:	abandoned

				Colonia Mantovana
					other name:
					address:	Cervia (RA), Milano Marittima, viale Due Giugno / via Forlì
					client:	ing. de Giorgis, ing. Mengis
					architect:	1933
					year:
					capacity:	500
					state:	demolished in the 70ies

				Colonia marina Montecatini (design concept - Montecatini competition)
					other name:	-
					address:	Cervia (RA)
					client:	Montecatini, Florence
					architect:	Gino Cancellotti
					year:	1936
					capacity:
					state:	-

				Colonia marina Montecatini (design concept - Montecatini competition)
					other name:	-
					address:	Cervia (RA)
					client:	Montecatini, Florence
					architect:	Eugenio Montuori
					year:	1936
					capacity:
					state:	-

				Colonia marina Montecatini (design concept - Montecatini competition)
					other name:	-
					address:	Cervia (RA)
					client:	Montecatini, Florence
					architect:	Ernesto Salviati
					year:	1936
					capacity:
					state:	-

				Colonia marina Montecatini (design concept - Montecatini competition)
					other name:	-
					address:	Cervia (RA)
					client:	Montecatini, Florence
					architect:	Franzi
					year:	1936
					capacity:
					state:	-

				Colonia marina Montecatini (desing concept - Montecatini competition)
					other name:	-
					address:	Cervia (RA)
					client:	Montecatini, Florence
					architect:	Clemente Busiri-Vici
					year:	1936
					capacity:
					state:	-

				Colonia marina Montecatini (design concept - Montecatini competition)
					other name:	-
					address:	Cervia (RA)
					client:	Montecatini, Florence
					architect:	Gaspare Lenzi
					year:	1936
					capacity:
					state:	-

				Colonia marina Montecatini (design concept - Montecatini competition)
					other name:	-
					address:	Cervia (RA)
					client:	Montecatini, Florence
					architect:	Cesare Scoccimarro
					year:	1936
					capacity:
					state:	-

				Colonia marina Montecatini (design concept - Montecatini competition)
					other name:	-
					address:	Cervia (RA)
					client:	Montecatini, Florence
					architect:	Angioldomenico Pica
					year:	1936
					capacity:
					state:	-

				Colonia marina Montecatini (design concept - Montecatini competition)
					other name:	-
					address:	Cervia (RA)
					client:	Montecatini, Florence
					architect:	Luigi Piccinato
					year:	1936
					capacity:
					state:	-

				Colonia marina della G.I.L.
					other name:	Colonia Centro Climatico Marino, Centro "Padre Camillini"
					address:	Milano marittima (RA), viale Romagna
					client:	G.I.L. - Gioventù italiano del littorio
					architect:
					year:	1938
					capacity:	300
					state:	abandoned

				Colonia "Villa Sacro Cuore"
					other name:	Villa Sacro Cuore
					address:	Milano marittima (RA), viale Enrico Toti 2
					client:	Istituto Suore Orsoline F.M.I.
					architect:
					year:	1930ies 1960ies extension
					capacity:	80
					state:

				Colonia Ferrovieri Fascisti "Dante"
					other name:
					address:	Cervia (RA), via Cristoforo Columbo
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:	refurbished, hotel

				Colonia marina "Dott. Paolo Missiroli"
					other name:
					address:	Castiglione - Cervia (RA), ?
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

			Forlì-Cesena (FC)
				Colonia pontificia Bresciana "Leone XIII"
					other name:
					address:	Cesenatico (FC), viale Amerigo Vespucci / Viale Tito Speri
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia marina permanente Veronese
					other name:
					address:	Cesenatico (FC), viale Piave
					client:	City of Verona?
					architect:
					year:	1891 Circolo dei Signori, 1918-20 Eritrea Hotel, 1923 pavillion, 1925 u. 1928 extension since 1936 Colonia di Vacanza
					capacity:
					state:	abandoned

				Colonia marina "Francesco Baracca" Bergamo
					other name:	Colonia Fascista Bergamasca Colonia "Francesco Romero"
					address:	Cesenatico (FC), viale Giosuè Carducci
					client:	City of Bergamo?
					architect:
					year:	1928
					capacity:
					state:	school

				Colonia marina AGIP "Sandro Mussolini"
					other name:	Colonia marina Agip
					address:	Cesenatico (FC), viale Carducci 181
					client:	AGIP, Rome
					architect:	Giuseppe Vaccaro
					year:	1938
					capacity:	300
					state:	colonie

				Colonia marina "Lino Redaelli"
					other name:
					address:	Cesenatico (FC), ?
					client:	Redaelli, Milano
					architect:	Enrico Agostino Griffini
					year:	1935-38, 1948 extension?
					capacity:	72
					state:	demolished

				Colonia marina di Cantù
					other name:
					address:	Cesenatico (FC), ?
					client:	City of Cantù?
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia marina dell'Acqua - Legnano
					other name:	Colonia del "Cotonificio F.lli dell'Acqua" - Legnano
					address:	Cesenatico (FC), ?
					client:	Cotonificio (cotton mill) F.lli dell'Acqua, Legnano
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia marina Lane Rossi (Lanerossi)
					other name:
					address:	Gatteo a mare (FC), viale Giulio Cesare / viale delle Nazioni
					client:
					architect:
					year:	1933
					capacity:
					state:	demolished

				Colonia solarium "R. Moretti"
					other name:	Colonia marina "Giovanni Degola" - Reggiana
					address:	Gatteo a mare (FC), viale Giulio Cesare
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:	demolished

				Colonia Ambrosiana
					other name:
					address:	Gatteo a mare (FC), viale Giosué Carducci
					client:	Caritas Ambrosiana
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:	demolished

			Rimini (RN)
				Colonia marina Ferrovieri Fascisti
					other name:	Colonia O.P.A.F.S.
					address:	Bellaria (RN), viale Andrea Pinzon
					client:	O.P.A.F.S. - Opera Previdenzà e Assistenza Ferrovieri Statali
					architect:
					year:	1930
					capacity:	300
					state:	abandoned

				Colonia della Federazione dei Fasci della Provincia di Trento
					other name:
					address:	Colonia marina Trento "Stella Marina"
					client:	Bellaria (RN), viale Pinzon
					architect:	Federazione dei Fasci della Provincia di Trento
					year:	Emilio Gaffuri, ing. Segalla
					capacity:	1939
					state:	demolished

				Colonia marina A.N.I.E.P.
					other name:	Villa marina ANIEP
					address:	Igea Marina (RN), viale Pinzon 254
					client:	A.N.I.E.P. - Assoziazone Nazionale Tra Invalidi Per Esiti Di Poliomelite
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:	130
					state:

				Colonia Pavese
					other name:	Colonia dell'Ente, Colonia Climatiche della Provincia di Pavia
					address:	Igea Marina (RN), viale Pinzon
					client:	Province of Pavia?
					architect:	ing. Avanza, geom. Riccardi
					year:	1928, 1930-34
					capacity:
					state:	1984 demolished

				Colonia marina Ternana
					other name:
					address:	Igea Marina (RN), viale Pinzon
					client:	Federazione dei Fasci di combattimenti di Terni
					architect:
					year:	1932 1960ies rebuild
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia Milanese "Alba"
					other name:
					address:	Igea Marina (RN), ?
					client:
					architect:	G. A. Bamonte?
					year:	1930ies
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia marina Lecchese
					other name:	Colonia Fondazione "Giuseppe Aldè" dei Fasci di Combattimento di Lecco
					address:	Igea Marina (RN), viale Pinzon
					client:	Federazione dei Fasci di Combattimento di Lecco
					architect:
					year:	end of 1920ies
					capacity:
					state:	demolished

				Colonia marina Valledrane
					other name:
					address:	Torre Pedrera (RN), via Apollonia 44
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia marina Bresciana
					other name:	Colonia Fondazione Villagio dei Raggazi "Maddaloni"
					address:	Torre Pedrera (RN), via Appollonia
					client:
					architect:
					year:	1930ies
					capacity:	180
					state:	colonia

				Colonia marina Perugina
					other name:
					address:	Torre Pedrera (RN), viale Porto Palos
					client:	Federazione dei Fasci di Perugia
					architect:
					year:	1926
					capacity:
					state:	1986 demolished

				Colonia marina "Latteria Soresinese"
					other name:
					address:	Torre Pedrera (RN), viale Porto Palos
					client:	Latteria (dairy) Soresinese, Soresina
					architect:
					year:	1926
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia marina "Principessa Maria di Piemonte"
					other name:
					address:	Torre Pedrera (RN), ?
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia Patronato Scolastico
					other name:
					address:	Marebello di Rimini (RN), viale Regina Margherita
					client:	Patronato Scolastico
					architect:
					year:	1926
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia marina
					other name:	Colonia marina "Pio XII"
					address:	Marebello di Rimini (RN), ?
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia marina "Giuseppe Amati"
					other name:
					address:	Marebello di Rimini (RN), ?
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia marina "Alessandro Mussolini"
					other name:	Colonia Forlivese, Colonia marina Industriale di Bologna
					address:	Miramare di Rimini (RN), viale Regina Margherita
					client:	Federazione dei Fasci di Combattimento di Forlì
					architect:	A. Fuzzi
					year:	1930
					capacity:
					state:	Istituto Tecnico Statale per il Turismo Marco Polo

				Colonia marina S.A.D.E.
					other name:	Colonia E.N.E.L.
					address:	Rimini-Rivazzurra (RN), viale Regina Margherita 22-24-26
					client:	S.A.D.E. - Società Adriatica di Elettricità, E.N.E.L. - Ente nazionale per l'energia elettrica di Venezia
					architect:
					year:	1932 1960ies rebuild
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia marina della Federazione Fascista di Novara
					other name:	Colonia Novarese
					address:	Rimini (RN), viale Principi di Piemonte
					client:	Federazione dei Fasci di Combattimenti di Novara
					architect:	Giuseppe Peverelli
					year:	1934
					capacity:	900-1.500
					state:	refurbished

				Colonia Bolognese "Decima Legio"
					other name:	Colonia "Cardinal Lercaro"
					address:	Rimini (RN), viale d'Annunzio
					client:	Federazione dei Fasci di Combattimenti di Bologna?
					architect:	Ildebrando Tabarroni
					year:	1934
					capacity:	1.000-1.200
					state:	abandoned

				Colonia "IX Maggio"
					other name:	Colonia O.P.A.F.S. Ferrovieri
					address:	Riccione (RN), viale Gabriele d'Annunzio
					client:	O.P.A.F.S. - Opera Previdenzà e Assistenza Ferrovieri Statali
					architect:
					year:	1930ies
					capacity:	144
					state:

				Colonia marina - Dalmine
					other name:
					address:	Riccione (RN), viale Gabriele d'Annunzio
					client:
					architect:	Giovanni Greppi
					year:	1936
					capacity:	300
					state:	refurbished and rebuilt, hotel "Le Conchiglie"

				Colonia marina "Amos Maramotti"
					other name:	Colonia marina Reggiana, Centro Vacanze Reggio Emilia
					address:	Riccione (RN), viale Gabriele d'Annunzio 146
					client:	Province of Reggio Emilia?
					architect:	Costano Costantini
					year:	1934
					capacity:	500
					state:	partly surf and sailing school, partly abandoned

				Colonia marina "Adriatica Soliera Carpi"
					other name:
					address:	Riccione (RN), viale Gabriele d'Annunzio
					client:
					architect:
					year:	1930ies
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia marina "Primavera"
					other name:
					address:	Riccione (RN), viale Gabriele d'Annunzio
					client:
					architect:
					year:	1939?
					capacity:	153
					state:

				Colonia P.N.F. Milano "Enrico Toti"
					other name:
					address:	Riccione (RN), ?
					client:	P.N.F. - Partito Nationale Fascista di Milano, STIPEL - Società telefonica interregionale piemontese e lombarda?
					architect:
					year:	1932
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia marina "F. Bertazzoni"
					other name:
					address:	Riccione (RN), viale Torino 7
					client:	Fratelli Bertazzoni, Guastalla
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:	partly cultural centre "Centro Adria"

				Colonia marina "Mario Ruini" Modenese
					other name:
					address:	Riccione (RN), viale Gabriele D'Annunzio
					client:
					architect:
					year:	1920ies
					capacity:
					state:	1977 demolished

				Colonia marina "Gondar"
					other name:
					address:	Riccione (RN), ?
					client:	Federazione provinciale fascista di Brescia
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia marina (design conept)
					other name:	-
					address:	Riccione (RN)
					client:	Federazione dei Fasci di Combattimento di Torino
					architect:	Ettore Sot-Sas, Alfio Guaitoli
					year:	1934
					capacity:	2.000
					state:	-

				Colonia estiva (design concept)
					other name:	-
					address:	Riccione (RN)
					client:
					architect:	(Egidio?) Dabbeni
					year:
					capacity:
					state:	-

				Colonia marina "Principessa Maria di Piemonte"
					other name:	Colonia della Federazione dei Fasci di Piacenza, Colonia Piacentina
					address:	Misano Adriatico (RN)
					client:	Federazione Provinciale Fascista di Piacenza?
					architect:
					year:	1930
					capacity:
					state:	demolished

				Colonia marina Valconce
					other name:
					address:	Misano Adriatico (RN), ?
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia marina "Ved. Marro"
					other name:
					address:	Misano Adriatico (RN), ?
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia "Alfonso M. Fusco"
					other name:
					address:	Misano Adriatico (RN), via Litoranea Sud 29
					client:
					architect:
					year:	1927
					capacity:	370
					state:

				Colonia marina "XXVIII Ottobre"
					other name:	Le Navi
					address:	Cattolica (RN), via Germania
					client:	Direzione Generale degli Italiani all'Estero
					architect:	Clemente Busiri Vici
					year:	1934
					capacity:	1.100
					state:	partly demolished, partly rebuilt and refurbished "Aquapark"

				Colonia marina "Camillo Balbo"
					other name:	Colonia Ferrarese
					address:	Cattolica (RN), via Giosuè Carducci
					client:	Federazione dei Fasci di Combattimento della Provincia di Ferrara
					architect:	Giorgio Gandini
					year:	1932
					capacity:
					state:	hotel

		Marche
			Pesaro e Urbino (PU)
				Convitto e Colonia Villa Marina
					other name:
					address:	Pesaro (PU), viale Trieste 234
					client:	Associazione Nazionale Fascista dei Postelegrafonici
					architect:
					year:	18 August 1928
					capacity:
					state:	)student dorms "Villa Marina"

				Colonia Fascio Primogenito - Milanese
					other name:	Colonia Postelegrafonici, Colonia FIAT, Colonia "Bonomelli"
					address:	Pesaro (PU), viale della Vittoria
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia marina "Tonini"
					other name:
					address:	Fano (PU), ?
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia marina "Santa Lucia"
					other name:	Colonia "Santa Cecilia"
					address:	Marotta (PU), via Damiano Chiesa 44
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

			Ancona (AN)
				Colonia marina GIL "Maria Pia di Savoia"
					other name:	Colonia marina U. N. E. S., Colonia Marina Enel
					address:	Senigallia (AN), lungomare Leonardo da Vinci
					client:	G.I.L. - Gioventù italiana del littorio, U. N. E. S., Unione Esercizi, Elletrici Recepis Enel, Ente nazionale per l'energia elettrica
					architect:
					year:	1935, later increased
					capacity:
					state:	2009 demolsihed

				Colonia marina "Umberto I. di Savoia"
					other name:	Colonia marina Gioventù Italiana Savone
					address:	Senigallia (AN), lungomare Leonardo da Vinci
					client:
					architect:
					year:	1935
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia marina Associazione Fascisti Ferrovieri
					other name:	Colonia Balneare Ferrovieri
					address:	Senigallia (AN), ?
					client:	Associazione Fascisti Ferrovieri
					architect:
					year:	1935?
					capacity:
					state:

			Macerata (MC)
				Colonia Comando Federale G.I.L. - Macerata
					other name:	Colonia marina Terni
					address:	Civitanova or Portocivitanova (MC), viale Vittorio Veneto
					client:
					architect:	Gustavo Stainer
					year:	1937-39
					capacity:
					state:	school

			Ascoli Piceno (AP)
				Colonia "Principe di Piemonte"
					other name:	Colonia Istituto, Colonia OPAFS?, Colonia Ferrovieri
					address:	Porto San Giorgio (AP), lungomare Gramsci
					client:
					architect:
					year:	1935
					capacity:	1.000
					state:

				Colonia marina
					other name:
					address:	San Benedetto del Tronto (AP), viale Alfredo Scipioni 7
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

		Abruzzo
			Teramo (TE)
				Colonia marina "Rosa Maltoni Mussolini"
					other name:	Colonia marina E.N.A.M.
					address:	Giulianova (TE), lungomare Zara
					client:	E.N.A.M. - Ente Nazionale Assistenza Magistrale
					architect:	comm. Cesare Migliori?, Alberto Ricci
					year:	1933-37
					capacity:
					state:	)refurbished

				Colonia marina
					other name:
					address:	Silvi (TE), via Arrigo Rossi
					client:
					architect:
					year:	1938?
					capacity:
					state:

			Pescara (PE)
				Colonia "Stella Maris" - Montesilvano
					other name:
					address:	Pescara (PE), viale Aldo Moro
					client:
					architect:	Francesco Leoni, ing. Carlo Liguori
					year:	1938
					capacity:
					state:	2008 refurbished

				Colonia M.V.S.N.
					other name:
					address:	Pescara (PE), largo Immacolata
					client:	M.V.S.N. - Milizia Volontaria pro La Sicurezza Nazionale
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:	demolished

			Chieti (CH)
				Colonia "San Polo" - Brescia
					other name:
					address:	Francavilla al Mare (CH), ?
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

		Apulia
			Foggia (FG)
				Colonia educatorio della G.I.L. (desing concept)
					other name:	-
					address:	Foggia (FG)
					client:
					architect:	Sergio Mezzina
					year:
					capacity:
					state:	)-

				Colonia marina "G. Postiglione"
					other name:
					address:	San Menaio (FG), via Pineta Marzini
					client:
					architect:	Francesco delli Muti
					year:	21 April 1936
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia marina "Stella maris"
					other name:
					address:	Siponto (FG), viale dei Pini in Siponto
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

			Brindisi (BR)
				Colonia marina "Sacro Cuore"
					other name:
					address:	Torre Canne (BR), via Torre Faro 118
					client:	Istituto Sacro Cuore (Opera Don Guanella)
					architect:
					year:	1934
					capacity:
					state:	hostel

			Lecce (LE)
				Colonia Trieste
					other name:
					address:	Laghi Alimini (Otranto) (LE), SP 366
					client:
					architect:
					year:
					capacity:
					state:

				Colonia marina "Luigi Scargilia"
					other name:
					address:	Leuca (LE), via Doppia Croce
					client:
					architect:
					year:	1928-30
					capacity:
					state:	interupted rebuild, abandoned




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