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Villa Griffone

A three-storey yellow mansion stands on a hilltop. Built into the hillside below is the entrance to a grey stone mausoleum. The words “Guglielmo Marconi” are engraved over the door.

LigaDue. May 30, 2019. Bologna. “PontecchioMarconiSassoMarconiVillaGriffone5.jpg.” Wikimedia Commons.

“PontecchioMarconiSassoMarconiVillaGriffone5.jpg” by LigaDue is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This is a recent picture of Villa Griffone, the Marconi family estate. Guglielmo Marconi was raised here and ran many experiments on this site. His remains are interred in the mausoleum below the house.