Palazzo delle Poste, Perugia
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| Palazzo delle Poste | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Piazza Giacomo Matteotti 1 Perugia, Umbria, Italy |
| Coordinates | 43°06′40″N 12°23′22.3″E / 43.11111°N 12.389528°E |
| Construction started | 1910 |
| Completed | 1915 |
| Inaugurated | 11 May 1916 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Osvaldo Armanni |
The Palazzo delle Poste (transl. Post Office Building), also known as the Palace of Justice (Palazzo di Giustizia), is located in Piazza Giacomo Matteotti in Perugia, Italy. It houses the historic local headquarters of Poste Italiane, with access from Via Fani, and the Court of Perugia, which faces the square.
The building stands on the former site of Palazzo Meniconi, which previously housed the mint and the first civic library.[1][2][3]
On 16 April 1909, mayor Luciano Valentini commissioned architect Osvaldo Armanni to conduct a feasibility study for the construction of a new building. On 22 April 1910, the Municipality of Perugia signed an agreement with the Royal Government, represented by Augusto Ciuffelli, minister of Posts and Telegraphs, for the construction of the new post and telegraph building. The estimated cost was 650,000 lire, of which the State committed to funding 500,000 lire.[4]
The building was completed in five years and officially inaugurated on 11 May 1916. It later began housing the Court of Perugia.[5] In 2007, the criminal section of the Court was relocated to the nearby former Enel headquarters on Via XIV Settembre, previously the site of a power plant built in 1899 by the Società Anonima Elettricità Umbra.[6][7]
