Guglielmo Marconi Tomb (150th anniversary of his birth), Sasso Marconi, Bologna, Italy, Europe

The construction works of the Mausoleum began in April 1940 with the excavation of the land and ended on 20 July 1941. The direction of the works was entrusted to the Azienda Autonoma Statale Strade di Bologna (the current ANAS) and the director of the works was 'ing. Aldo Mattei. Il Resto del Carlino of 7 September 1941 describes the recently completed work thus: "The Mausoleum opens on the right of the Porrettana road, for those coming from Bologna; a vast rectangular clearing, in the center of which two tall flag pylons stand, leads to a short flat lawn, in the center of which pass some steps with granite cords and paving stones from the Brenta and the Reno. This is like a platform petrous which leads up to seven steps, after which the actual monument opens with its mass. The central part of the mausoleum, 17.50 meters wide and 6 meters high, is set against the hill dominated by Villa Grifone which, above, becomes a symbolic completion of the whole. The façade of the mausoleum is made of Monte Ovolo stone, light gray in colour; in the center is the door to the crypt, flanked by two tall vertical travertine stones. On the sides of the monument two straight steps, six meters wide, one on each side goes up the hill until they lead to two other narrower and semicircular stairs that lead up to the square of the villa: in front of the building and therefore on the top of the hill, there is a small column of white marble, in which there is a bust of Guglielmo Marconi, also in white marble, a very valuable work by the sculptor Dazzi.