Fiera District Towers - Bologna, Italy
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hykesj
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A couple of office towers, found in the Fiera di Bologna, can be seen in the background of this postage stamp issued by San Marino in the year 2000.
Waymark Code: WM19N6A
Location: Emilia–Romagna, Italy
Date Posted: 03/21/2024
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If you’re a country the size of San Marino, and some major organization decides to hold an international conference on your soil, then I suppose that’s reason enough to issue a commemorative postage stamp. The year was 2000 and the organization was the International Institute of Administrative Sciences. The conference was held from June 19 through June 22 and was actually split between San Marino and Bologna, which was another reason to issue a few stamps since Bologna was chosen as a European Capital of Culture for the year 2000.
The stamp shows the main government building of San Marino superimposed over a view of two towers found in the Fiera di Bologna, a business district and exhibition center in northeast Bologna designed in the 1970s by Japanese architect Kenzo Tange. The area contains Bologna’s main exhibition halls and seven or so office building towers all interconnected to a degree. It is currently the seat of government for the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna. Tange attempted to incorporate two aspects of Bologna is his design: towers and porticoes. But not everyone is thrilled with the brutalist style and Tange’s design usually gets mixed reviews. Isamu Noguchi, who designed one of the public areas said that it was never finished, and others have described it as a ‘sterile behemoth.’ The two towers seen on the stamp are the two that are connected by a zig-zagging staircase.
Stamp Issuing Country: San Marino
Date of Issue: 27-Apr-2000
Denomination: 650 l
Color: multicolored
Stamp Type: Single Stamp
Relevant Web Site: Not listed
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