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Wednesday, March 5, 2014

CENTRAL WAREHOUSES

MAGAZZINI GENERALI
1909/12 Tullio Passarelli (1869/1941)
They were built to store the goods arriving at the river port. They were one of the first examples of use of reinforced concrete in Rome
They were restored and converted in the years 1986/94 to become the headquarters of ISTITUTO SUPERIORE ANTINCENDI (Superior Istitute for Firefighters), a multi-purpose training school for firefighters