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We retrace the history of the Politecnico di Milano through the people, discoveries and events that have made our university great. Let us discover once again how the past still significantly affects our lives.

The History of the Gliding Centre: How Aeronautics Conquered the Politecnico di Milano

From a wood and canvas workshop, a school will be born that will mark the Italian aeronautics

Federico Bucci, the architect who has turned Mantua into an international laboratory

Interview with Elisa Boeri, researcher and assistant to historian Federico Bucci

«A curious, ironic, tireless man», this is the treasured personal memory of Federico Bucci’s wife

An intimate and vivid portrait by Emanuela Bergomi

“The Future is in History”: the living legacy of Federico Bucci

In memory of Emilio Faroldi: a historian and professor who combined scholarly rigor with humanity

The Beginning of a New Story

The story of Armando Brandolese, one of the key figures of that pioneering era

Luca Beltrami, the architect who redesigned Milan

An all-round intellectual: he was also a conservator, art historian, journalist, politician

From the reactor to the future: we shall tell you about CESNEF

Safety, knowledge and innovation. This is how the Enrico Fermi Study Centre has transformed nuclear research at the Politecnico di Milano into a…

Saul Steinberg: from Politecnico to the New Yorker

Roberto Dulio tells the story of an extraordinary artist and architect, a Politecnico alumnus

The history of hydraulics begins at the Fantoli Laboratory

A voyage into Historical Archives of Politecnico di Milano

Francesco Brioschi: unexpected encounter with the father of Politecnico

An impossible interview with the mathematician who founded a great cultural institution.