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It is located at the junction between the ancient city and the upstream expansion that occurred during the years of Fascism.
The Palazzo delle Poste e Telegrafi is the first building inaugurated after the establishment of the province of Nuoro (1927), designed by Angiolo Mazzoni, official of the Ministry of Communications and author of numerous postal buildings and stations throughout Italy.
The construction stands out first of all for its massive appearance and in particular for the volume of the tower, in gray granite with red vulcanite joints, connected to the central body through the entrance porch. This is dominated by windows interspersed with reliefs (once littori beams) and by a decorative band still in red vulcanite, where a lion in relief is accompanied by stylized masks.
Today, the building lacks the left side, demolished in the sixties to build an anonymous building, which erased the courtyard, which also presented some of the most interesting architectural solutions in the portal and in the decorations.
The remodeled interior has been adapted to the needs of today's work.
History of studies
A review of studies can be found in the bibliography relating to the fact sheet in the volume of the “History of Art in Sardinia” on nineteenth-century architecture (2001).
Bibliography
“The Post Offices and Telegraphs in Nuoro”, in Architecture and Decorative Arts, May 1929, pp. 409-414;
“Details of Contemporary Architecture, Arch. Angiolo Mazzoni - Post and Telegraph Headquarters in Nuoro (Sardinia)”, in Domus, December 1929, p. 17; A. Forti, Angiolo Mazzoni. Architect between fascism and freedom, Florence, Alinea, 1978;
Angiolo Mazzoni (1894-1979). Architect in Italy between the two wars, Bologna, 1984, p. 125;
S. Polano, Guide to Italian Architecture of the Twentieth Century, Milan, Electa, 1991, p. 562;
F. Masala, “The Sardinian Cities in the Twenty Years”, in The Founding Cities in Sardinia, edited by A. Lino, Cagliari, CUEC, 1998, pp. 192-194;
F. Masala, Architecture from the Unification of Italy to the End of the 20th Century. Nuoro, Ilisso, 2001, sheet 84.
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Civil architecture
Province: Nuoro
Common: Nuoro
Macro Territorial Area: Central Sardinia
POSTAL CODE: 08100
Address: piazza Francesco Crispi, 8
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Author : Italia : Ministero delle poste e delle telecomunicazioni
Year : 1910
Author : Italia
Year : 1895
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