Latin inscription around the facade

Following in the footsteps of the ancient tradition of adorning the facades of buildings with Latin dedicatory inscriptions, the building also followed this fashion. In Rome alone, nearly 700 buildings, are decorated with Latin mottos and brocards .

Per mare, per terras it vis humana per aethram Dum superat generi virtus antiqua parentum, augeat Italiam divini gloria ruris Ars felix victorque labor sibi vindicat orbem

By the sea, by the land, by the air goes human strength While the ancient virtue of the fathers remains in the lineage, Let the glory of the divine country increase Italy Prosperous art and victorious labor claim the world

This are the Latin inscriptions that crown the exterior walls of the MInistry composed in 1913 by latinist Giuseppe Albini. They celebrate agriculture and man's labor.