Piero Puricelli
Piero Puricelli | |
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Born | |
Died | 8 May 1951 Milan, Lombardy Italy | (aged 68)
Occupation(s) | Engineer politician |
Years active | 1905–1945 |
Piero Puricelli (born 4 April 1883 in
Family life
Piero Puricelli, Count of
The first motorway in the world
In the period following the
On 21 September 1924, the extension to
The Monza Racetrack
The
The Automobile Club commissioned the construction of the racetrack in January 1922 to commemorate its twenty-fifth anniversary.[7] Work began on 15 May and was completed in just 110 days. Pietro Bordino and Felice Nazzaro completed the first lap of the track on 28 July in a Fiat 570. The national racetrack was the third permanent circuit in the world, preceded only by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the United States and by the English one at Brooklands, no longer in existence today.
The choice of Monza was the result of studies seeking a location near Milan, to limit the "travel" costs for the maintenance of the racetrack. Setting aside alternative sites near Gallarate and Gagnola (a peripheral location in Milan), the directors of the ACI chose the park at the Villa Reale in Monza.
Political career
Puricelli was appointed Senator on 26 February 1929, proposed by the Italian National Fascist Party[1] and remained in office until his removal by the Alta Corte di Giustizia per le Sanzioni contro il Fascismo (High Court of Justice for Sanctions against Fascism) in 1945, for having been one of the "senators held responsible for maintaining fascism and making war possible, both by their votes and by their individual actions, including the propaganda exercised outside and inside the Senate".[2] In July 1946 he was acquitted of the charge of collaboration.[1]
Appointments
Among the appointments Piero Puricelli held are:
- Vice-president of the Bureau International des Expositions[2]
- 1929 President of the public companies La strada and Autostrade[8]
- 1931 President of the International Union of Trade Shows[9]
Italian honours
- Laurea honoris causa in ingegneria dal Politecnico di Milano - nastrino per uniforme ordinaria (Honorary degree in engineering from the Polytechnic University of Milan) - 1927 [2]
References
- ^ a b c d "PURICELLI, Piero in "Dizionario Biografico"" [Piero Puricelli in the Biographical Dictionary of Italians]. www.treccani.it. Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana.
- ^ a b c d "Indice dell'Attività Parlamentare - Fascicolo personale" [Index of Parliamentary Activity - Personal file]. www.senato.it. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ^ a b Lenarduzzi, Thea (January 30, 2016). "The motorway that built Italy: Piero Puricelli's masterpiece". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-26.
- ^ "The "Milano-Laghi" by Piero Puricelli, the first motorway in the world". Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ "GERMANY". Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ "1922–1928: Construction and first races on the original tracks". Autodromo Nazionale Monza. MonzaNet.it. 2007. Archived from the original on 11 June 2008. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
- ^ a b "Autodromo Nazionale di Monza – History". The Formula One DataBase. F1db.com. 6 April 2005. Archived from the original on 2 October 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
- ^ Bortolotti, Lando (1978). Editori Riuniti (ed.). Storia della politica edilizia in Italia: proprietà, imprese edili e lavori pubblici dal primo dopoguerra ad oggi (1919-1970) [History of Building Policy in Italy: Property, Construction Companies and Public Works from the First World War to Today (1919-1970)]. Rome. p. 119.
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