ABSTRACT
The projects realized by Pier Luigi Nervi for the 1960 Rome Olympics, a mature expression of his continuous experimentation, can be observed, in a historical perspective, as true monuments to the idea of Made in Italy. At the time, his minutely undulating or ribbed domes, shaped columns and isostatic ribbed slabs offered an ideal frame for the great spectacle of the Olympics, contributing to the global diffusion of the image of the so-called Italian miracle.
