The Post Office building project has been selected in a competition launched in 1924 by the city council and won by the engineers Severini and Buoncristiani. The monument was built in just four years. Simultaneously with the construction of the monument, the square in front of it was rearranged, according the new urban styles of the age. The Post Office building is located in a strategic link between the areas of the old town and the urban expansion taking place during the fascist regime.
The building occupies an entire city block and is surrounded by other buildings heterogeneous in their architectural style. In the three floors of the palace you can see a contamination between neo-Romanesque and neo-Gothic. The main entrance is located at the center of the portico. The first environment in which you enter is the salon of the front-office: on the ground floor there are infact services to the public while back-offices and direction are located at the first floor. The spaces on all floors are confusedly arranged and unorganized.
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