Riccardo Morandi (1902-1989) is best known as being the engineer that conceived Morandi Bridge in Genoa. This bridge was part of the Polcevera viaduct on the A10 Autostrada dei Fiori motorway. The bridge, was a major link from Italy to France. The viaduct was built between 1963 and 1967, costing €2 million at
On 4 August 2018 at 16:10 Junkers JU-52 HB-HOT took off from Locarno Airport, with a crew of 3 and 17 passengers. The final destination was Dübendorf airfield, located next to Zürich. About 40 minutes later the airplane flew up a north-northeast course into the basin southwest of Piz Segna (Canton
There is still a less researched chapter in the history of the German and Italian fascists occupation of the Lago Maggiore region, that is the quantification of the war crimes committed during the period 1943-1945. A recent article of Insubrica Historica on the First Battalion of the Panzer-Grenadier Regiment 2
Insubrica Historica is about to visit Rome this November. It seemed to us obvious that a visit in the Italian capital should have paid also a tribute to Insubrica artists and architects. We have realized a map that attempts to list all the major works by Francesco Borromini (25.9.1599 – 2.8.1667), Carlo Maderno (1556
Insubrica Historica along with our visit from Munich Alexander, took this past weekend the train journey from Locarno to Domodossola with the Centovalli Railway. We opted for a short stint, boarding the train from Intragna to Camedo and back to Intragna. The railway is the shortest and most beautiful connection
Pallanza, Villa Giulia, 21.10.2018. Raphael Rues of Insubrica Historica had on Sunday the chance to held a presentation at the conference remembering the killing of at least 57 Jews during October 1944 on the shores of Lake Maggiore, Italy.The conference saw the presence also of Senator for life, Mrs. Liliana Segre
Original article written by Alessandro Velli, published in italian on the website Vco24. Official presentation in the late afternoon of Friday 12 October, at the Mellerio chapel in Domodossola, of the interesting book by the Ticinese historian Raphael Rues “SS-Polizei Ossola- Lake Maggiore 1943-45. Rastrellamenti e Crimini di Guerra” printed by Edizioni Insubrica Historica. The
Breve storia del I battaglione Panzer-Grenadier Regiment 2 della divisione Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler prima e dopo gli eccidi di ebrei sul lago Maggiore. La presentazione che si tiene Domenica 21 ottobre 2018 presso Villa Giulia a Pallanza introduce un mirato appronfondimento alla formazione delle Waffen-SS responsabile degli eccidi di ebrei
In occasione del 74° anniversario della “Repubblica dell’Ossola”, l’A.N.P.I e la città di Domodossola organizzano la presentazione del libro”SS-Polizei” di Raphael Rues, venerdì 12 ottobre alle 17:30 in Cappella Mellerio, piazza Rovereto Domodossola.SS-Polizei. Ossola-Lago Maggiore. Rastrellamenti e crimini di guerra edito, in edizione trilingue (italiano, tedesco e inglese), da Insubrica Historica
Minusio 16.8.2018 Raphael Rues – aus dem Schweizer Kanton Tessin mit Abschluss in Wirtschaftsgeschichte – recherchiert seit vielen Jahren die Einsätze der SS-Polizei in der Region Ossola und Lago Maggiore. In seinem im Juni 2018 veröffentlichten Buch beschreibt er den Weg einiger Polizeibataillone und einzelner Ordnungspolizisten in diesen Bataillonen von
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