Piero Puricelli
Italian engineer and politician (1883–1951)
Piero Puricelli (born 4 April 1883 in Milan - died 8 May 1951 in Milan), Count of Lomnago, was an Italian engineer and politician in the first half of the 20th century who was responsible for the ideation, in Italy, of the first motorways in the world. He became a senator of Italy in 1929.2
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Born Apr 4, 1883, died May 8, 1951.1
Companies
- Società Anonima AutostradeFounder9
Early life and education
- Date not recordedETH Zurich3
Career
Occupation: engineer, politician, civil engineer.5
Personal life
Piero Puricelli, Count of Lomnago, was born the son of Angelo and Carlotta Combi. He attended the Federal Polytechnic Institute in Zurich, from which he graduated in engineering in 1905. Puricelli married Antonietta Tosi; they had one son, Franco.
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Politics
Puricelli was appointed Senator on 26 February 1929, proposed by the Italian National Fascist Party 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". In July 1946 he was acquitted of the charge of collaboration.
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- 1WikidataPiero Puricelli on Wikidata
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- 10Wikimedia CommonsPiero Puricelli photo by Unknown author Unknown author, CC BY 3.0 it