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For decades, this former fascist summer camp lay abandoned.
The Colonia Fara was originally built by Italy’s National Fascist Party to serve as a seaside resort for the country’s youth, but after only achieving stuttering success as a youth resort and being commandeered by the military in World War II, it has been left to corrode. Construction on the resort was completed in 1936, followed by a 1938 inauguration that was attended by Mussolini himself. The complex was meant to provide a truly fascist vacation experience to kids from around the country, but this carefree existence was not to last. After just two years in service as a summer camp, World War II broke out in earnest, and the large accommodation was taken over by the war effort and used to house Nazi troops. After the war, the facility tried to reopen once again as a youth resort, but it proved too tough of a follow-up after serving as a Nazi barracks.
