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The Palace of the Aeronautucs is a Bari's palece in use to Military Aeronautics

History
It was built in the first half of the 30s, based on a project by the architect Saverio Dioguardi to house the comand of IV Zone Aerial Territorial (ZAT) of the Regia aeronautica (Royal Aviation).

The IV ZAT was born in 1935 with jurisdiction over the eastern area of southern Italy

(corresponding to part of today's Marche, Abruzzo, Molise, Puglia, part of Campania and Calabria). The first Commander was the air force general Vincenzo Lombard, who took office on the first July 1935.

In 1940, with the beginning of war operations, the IV Z.A.T. headquarters housed the IV air team's Command, whose theater of operations developed in particular on the Balcans, Greece and Eastern Mediterranean. In 1943, following the Allied occupation, the building became 15ª Army Air Force's command, and from 2 December 1943,it became the aerial unit's command constituited in Brindisi, shortly after the 8 September 1943 to fight side by side with the Anglo-Americans. Its units, included in the Balkan Air Force, will operate in Puglia and Molise's fields, in the skies of the Balcans and Romania.

In the 1950s, Bari hosted the command of the IV ZAT, for the south-eastern area of italian Air force and took the name of 3rd Air Region, extending its operational competence over all of southern Italy and the islands. From 1 January 2008, the 3rd Air Region command has also become the headquarters of the AM School Command with the name of AM/3rd Air Region School Command.

Description
The building overlooks the Bari seafront. The eye-catching element is the tower, a simple structure with a longitudinal flute that enhances its verticality. The different materials used, Trani stone and mazaro tuff, enhances this part of the building. The atrium appears to expand outward while the upper part retracs with an upward motion.

The observation from the sea allows a total reading of the building. This gives visibility to the median portal equipped with a giant order composed of pillars with a cylindrical shape. The fondation plan is made up of reinforced concrate rods and curves: this suggests the presence of horizontal structures to reinforce the masonry, made up of intertwined tuffs, but not the presence of pillars. Hypothesis confirmed by the fact that, at the top level, the masonry retains a thickness of 50-60 cm.

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