Guglielmo Marconi: ‘Telecommunication Heritage’

On 26 September 2008 a unique ceremony took place in Salvan, Switzerland, in honour of Guglielmo Marconi’s first experiments in wireless telegraphy in this Swiss Alpine town in 1895. For the first time in its history, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), based in Geneva, has recognised a particular site for its invaluable contribution in the...

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Pisa in Tuscany: The Leaning Tower

Etruscans were the inhabitants of Etruria, now Tuscany, in central Italy. From ancient times their cities, forming a political association, dominated the region but after 396 B.C. they were absorbed by the Romans. Their non-Indo-European language is not related to any known language and is still untranslated. Pisa in Tuscany Pisa is situated in west...

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