1966/67 Pier Luigi Nervi
(1891/1979)
Huge
factory occupying an area of about 110,000 m² (27 acres)
Here are
produced and printed all the Italian euro banknotes with ink and watermarked
paper produced somewhere else
“The architect
Nervi succeeded, thanks to a careful study of balance and a clever use of
glass, in the difficult task of greatly alleviate the overall impression of
largeness of the building. He used parameters of brightness more common to
residential building than to industrial plants” (Website of the Bank of Italy -
www.bancaditalia.it)
The
building includes the MUSEO DELLA BANCONOTA (Museum of the Banknote) opened in
2002, year of the introduction of the euro instead of the lira
On display
are banknotes, drafts, copies of false banknotes, material and printing
equipment
The museum is not open to the public but, as the official website of the Bank of Italy states, “access is only by appointment for experts and connoisseurs of the subject”
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