Monday, June 8, 2015

BANKNOTES FACTORY OF THE BANK OF ITALY

OFFICINA CARTE VALORI DELLA BANCA D'ITALIA


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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