276 OPERE PUBBLICHE terrato e tre piani superiori, con un ulteriore piano sopraelevato nell’ala centrale, e con una cu batura totale di me. 23.300. Anche questo edificio è dotato di moderni impianti igienico-sanitari. Tutte le costruzioni di edilizia militare sono state progettate e costruite dal Genio Civile di Bolzano, eccezione fatta per la Caserma della Regia Guardia di Finanza al Passo del Brennero, eseguita dalTUfiicio Tecnico di Finanza di Trento. Nella categoria delle opere edilizie

of an open U, with three fronts facing respectively thè Bolzano-Merano State road, Viale Venezia and Via Zara. Il has afloor half under ground and three floors above, with an extra one over tlie centro building ; thè total volume is 23,300 cubie metres and tlie building is replete with every modern hygienic and sanitary convenience. All these military buildings were de^igned and nuilt by thè Civil Engineering Department of Bol zano, with thè exception of thè Guards’ Barracks of thè Ministry of Finance

commands thè 232nd. Infantry, and bis consort H. S. H. Princess and Duchess Lydia of Arenberg. The pal ace Stands in tlie midst of a fine park in Gries, on tlie site of a formcr private villa. An attempt was made to utilise pari of this villa, but it was found to he quite unsuitable in style and size of rooins and construction for a princely dwell- ing, and therefore had to be pulled down. PALAZZO REALE DI BOLZANO - LA COSTRUZIONE AL 30-9-1933-XI DES KÖNIG S PALAST VON BOLZANO - DER PALAST IM RAU

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building is to contain tbe reception rooms, that is to say, thè reception room proper, dining room, library and others ; thè wing will contain thè ballroom and ehapel. The first floor is reserved for tbe private apartments of thè Duke and Duchess, and three guest apartments. The VILLA LYDIA » SEDE DELLA CASA CIVILE E MILITARE DELLE LL. AA. RR. I DUCHI DI PISTOIA, IN BOLZANO «VILLA LYDIA» HE AD QUARTERS OR THE CIVILE AND MILITARY HOUSEHOLD OF T. R. H. THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF PISTOIA AT BOLZANO e tre

at tinenza con lo spirito del Regime : la Colonia Mon tana dolia M. V. S. N. sopra Trafoi, sulla strada dello Stelvio, e il Convitto Nazionale ((Damiano Chiesa » in Bolzano. VILLA LY'DIA » SITZ DES HAUSES FÜR BURGER UND MILITAIRE DER LL.AA. RR. DIE HERZOG VON PISTOIA IN BOLZANO VILLA LYDLA » SIÈGE DE LA MAISON CIVILE ET MILT- TAIRE DES LL. AA. RR. LES DUCS ET LA DUCHESSE DE PISTOIA nurseries, wardrobe and other Service rooms are on tbe second floor. The royal residence is completed by various smaller

buildings crccted in thè grounds : Villino Lydia for the civil and military su.ites, thè garage, stables, grooms’ house, a chalet in the tennis court, thè guards’ apartments, porter’s lodge and hot- liouse. Two otlier works carried out by thè State, which are very typical of the spirit of the Regime, are thè Mountain Colony of the M.V.S.N. above Trafoi on tbe Stelvio Road, and the National College oalled « Damiano Chiesa », in Bolzano. The first was formed out of an already exist- ing building, which