1910 Italy Poster Stamp Verona Air Competitions 20-30 May 1910

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1910

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1910 Italy Poster Stamp Verona Air Competitions 20-30 May 1910 MNH. Verona is the capital of the northern Italian province of the same name, at the foot of the Alps and straddling the meandering river Adige. It's a town with a rich history, with a famous Roman amphitheatre, and the scene of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet". In 1910 it had a population of around 80,000. It was a military town and an important railway junction, with an economy mainly based on wine, other agricultural products and textiles. Verona was the home town of Italy's first aviator Mario Calderara and it hosted two important international aviation conferences in May and June of 1910, one about aerial navigation and one about legal aspects of aviation. Therefore it was decided to organize an aviation meeting to be held immediately before the conferences. Sanction was granted by the Italian Aero Club and an executive committee was formed, comprising Eugenio Gallizioli, mayor of Verona, Carlo De Stefani, president, and count Tito Murari Dalla Corte Bra, secretary. A suitable site was found at the Piazza d'Armi, a military exercise ground immediately outside the city walls, two kilometres southwest of the city centre. Thanks To And More Information At:

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