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Title Proper/Title Text
Entrata principale

Date of Publication/Creation Date
1911 ca. (dated June 21-22, 1911 on the verso)

Dimensions Description
13.5x8.5 cm

Inscription Language
Italian (Language)

Related Built Environment Objects

• Entrance from Corso Vittorio Emanuele II and Corso Cairoli

Descriptive Note Text

This black-and-white photo postcard shows the Main Entrance to the Exposition, situated at the intersection of Corso Vittorio Emanuele II and Corso Cairoli. One can see the main body of the entrance, composed of a colonnade surmounted by baroque arches and two pinnacles. As shown by the the two eagles at the top of the pinnacles, this entrance was a tribute to the Royal House of Savoy.

The postcard was mailed to Bologna on June 22, 1911.

Current Repository/Geographic Location
Cristina Della Coletta Private Collection (San Diego, USA)

Current Repository Numbers
CDC-PC-ECVE-0003