The voice of modern Italy, vibrant with the heroic deeds of Fascism, speaks more resoundingly, more intelligently and more forcefully to the World1s Fair visitor than that of any foreign nation participating in A Century of Progress.
Italy is proud of the message Fascism has for the world and every effort has been expended to convey that message at the Italian Pavilion, located at the south end of the Avenue of Flags. Progress is the key-note of modern Italy and the long and romantic history of the Italian peninsula pales before Italy1s plans for the future. The very design of the building is symbolic of the epoch-making flight of General Italo Balbo, who led an armada of seaplanes from Italy to the Fair.
Italy1s remarkable achievements in engineering, physics, medicine, geography, astronomy, agriculture, shipping and aviation from the time of the Caesars to the present day are dramatically told in 450 exhibits, while additional exhibits explain the huge reclamation projects through which Premier Benito Mussolini hopes to 3reclaim the land, the man and the nation.2
The Italian exhibits occupy not only space in the Italian Pavilion, but have spread themselves into the upper northeast wing of the Hall of Science, into the Adler Planetarium, and even extend into the Museum of Science and Industry in Jackson Park.
