Wednesday, October 5, 2016

PALACE OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATION

PALAZZO DEL MINISTERO DELLE COMUNICAZIONI

1976 Mario Paniconi (1904/73), Giulio Pediconi (1906/99) and Luigi Vagnetti (1915/80) with the assistance of Giorgio Busio, Pietro Ferri and Leonardo Foderà
At Viale Europa 243 there is the
Historical Museum of Post and Telecommunications
It was moved here from the Roma Prati Post Office in 1977 and it opened only in 1982
It occupies an area of about 3,500 m² (0.86 acres)
Objects from the period of the Italian states before the unification until the establishment of the Republic
It is unique in its kind in Italy and one of the most important in the world. It can be visited by appointment only
SOME OF THE ITEMS IN THE COLLECTION:
Copy of a groma instrument used in ancient Rome to measure and demarcate land
Phone of 1876 of the Bell Company
Automatic electronic computer ELEA 9003 dating to 1959 and designed by Enrico Fermi
The first automatic switchboard with ten lines of 1886 by G.B. Marzi
Encryption machine Enigma used by the British to decipher the messages of the Nazis during World War II. It is one of the only three pieces of its kind existing in the world
Reconstruction with original pieces of the radiotelegraphic cabin of the ship Elettra designed by Guglielmo Marconi
Collection of letterboxes. The oldest is from 1633
Incredible collection of about 950,000 historical stamps from all over the world

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