 The vision of a strong, unified, and economically stable nation seemed appealing to western Europe after the physical and economic destruction after World War I, which contributed to the rise of fascism and corporatism.Fascist architecture in the form of Rationalism became popular under Benito Mussolini's rule of Italy from 1922 to 1943.Within this period he transformed the Italian executive role from that of a prime minister to a dictatorship.