In Italy
The first people's house (Casa del Popolo) born in the village of Prato Carnico in the north of Italy in 1913. It was funded entirely by emigrants (which was at that time was one half of the 2,500 inhabitants of the valley) and built for free by local workers. The local bourgeois and the clergy used to call the devil's house and before the war the name has been changed by the regime and became Casa del Littorio (House of fascism). In 1947, the house was called again Casa del Popolo.Nowadays, many Case del popolo has been changed and the name is used (in Italian) for other purposes like in Brussels for a restaurant or in Montreal for a night club. Links: -A picture of the inauguration in 1913 and an article in italian. -A 2011 picture made by the author of the article written in french
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