Palazzo delle Poste
The Palazzo delle Poste in Pisa stands on the southern front of Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, at the heart of a square reimagined in 1929. Built to house the city’s post and telecommunication offices, its Gothic Revival façade blends neo‑Romanesque and neo‑Gothic elements, signaling a modern yet historic civic presence. In 1924, Pisa’s administration launched the competition that would shape this palace, awarding the design to engineers Federigo Severini and Giulio Buoncristiani. Construction, undertaken by the Bianchi company, culminated in the building’s inauguration on October 28, 1929, the same year that the plaza received a broader reconfiguration: palm and plane trees were replaced with maritime pines, the grand fountain basin and fruit kiosks were removed, and plans …
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