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Title Proper/Title Text
Torino 1911 - Palazzo del Giornale

Date of Publication/Creation Date
1911 ca.

Dimensions Description
14 x 9 cm.

Inscription Language
Italian (Language)

Related Built Environment Objects

• Newspaper Pavilion

Descriptive Note Text

This beautiful colorized postcard features the Padiglione del Giornale. The Pavilion was designed by architects Pietro Fenoglio, Stefano Molli, Giacomo Salvadori di Wiesenhof. It featured a magnificent central hall (23 meters in height) occupying a surface of 22 by 80 square meters. The central hall was covered by a superb dome designed by Arturo Danusso, and was surrounded by an external portico. Over the portico were spacious galleries.  

The Newspaper Pavilion was one of the very few buildings that were designed to last beyond the exposition, as it was built with reinforced concrete on two storeys.  The building's glass facade was reminiscent of the Crystal Palace.  It was demolished in the 1930s.

The postcard was mailed to a location called Ponte di Oggebbio in the Lago Maggiore region.

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

Current Repository Numbers
CDC-PC-PNEW-0002