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The window makes part of Ara Pacis, of glare the church of S.Rccoo to Rome After seven years of intense activities, it has been completed l' building that it encloses l' It plows Pacis, planned dall' architect Richard Meier in steel, travertino, E glass stucco. The complex has been inaugurated and opened to the public the 21 you open them 2006, in occasion of the Born them of Rome. L' work of Meier, the first great put into effect architectonic-urbanistico participation in the historical center of Rome from the times of the Fascism, is a structure from the characters prevails them, with luminosity points out to the roman imperial style. Erge sopraelevato and the Mausoleo is recalled in light di Augusto on the left of the architectonic manufatto one, while wide superficial vetrate they concur to admire l' It plows Pacis in conditions of uniform brightness. The color white man is the brand of factory of Richard Meier; the slabs of travertino that they decorate part dell' building is instead fruit of the brought modifications dall' architect in course d' work (originally was previewed superficial of aluminum), after a re-examination of the plan as a result of the controversies risen with some nostalgic ones of the old one teca, constructed in the 1938 nell' within of the intense activities of realization of the public square direct Augusto Emperor dell' architect Vittorio Ballio Morpurgo. L' ambitious plan of Meier means imporsi with energy in the heart of the city, becoming nevralgico center and of exchange. The complex, to executed intense activities, in fact will be equipped of a pedestrian distance that, thanks to the construction of an underpass, [3] will concur to knit the museale structure to the Tevere. This although, l' work has been received with contrasting opinions. New York Times l' it has defined without average you finish a " flop" , while the famous critic d' art and polemicist Vittorio Sgarbi l' it has liquidated spregiativamente defining it " a texana benzine pump in the heart of one of the historical centers more important of the mondo" , let alone the first step towards a " internazionalizzazione" of the City of Rome. However the judgment has not been at all unanimous, [4] and Achille Bonito Olive has as an example expressed appreciations for the plan of Meier. [5] In one of its first declarations after l' election to mayor of Rome (you open them 2008), Gianni Alemanno has announced its intention to remove the teca of Meier, than the roman right it has always contested. The same Alemanno but has successively specified that l' participation sull' It plows Pacis is not in any case between the priorities of its program. The Museum dell' Part of Sistema of the Museums in municipality plows Pacis ago today. In the night between 31 May and 1° june 2009, unknown they have smeared with green and red varnish the wall external white man, posizionando also a water to the feet of the wall. Sull' action at the moment inquires the Digos. [6]