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Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century The industrial city of Ivrea is located in the Piedmont region and developed as the testing ground for Olivetti, man
by kurren 9mo ago
Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century
The industrial city of Ivrea is located in the Piedmont region and developed as the testing ground for Olivetti, manufacturer of typewriters, mechanical calculators and office computers.
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- kurren 9mo agobut also: 'The Mysterious Affair At Olivetti' Attempts To Find A Cold War Conspiracy https://www.npr.org/2019/11/07/776834206/the-mysterious-affair-at-olivetti-attempts-to-find-a-cold-war-conspiracy https://www.npr.org/2019/11/07/776834206/the-mysterious-affa...
- rm30 9mo agoyou need to consider that Italy from '50s to 1992 had the powerful communist party in western countries. It wasn't a mystery a collaboration between Italian companies and Soviet Union. During '70s FIAT transferred know-how to a Soviet carmaker, even a city was named Togliatti (an Italian politician). That's why Italy was always under CIA control, the period '60-'80s was called "strategia della tensione" (Strategy of Tension), even a Prime Minister was killed in 1978. For those who likes history and spy stories is interesting to deep dive.
- jonjacky 9mo agoHere is another page about Ivrea, with some history and many many large photos: https://artsandculture.google.com/story/ivrea-industrial-city-of-the-20th-century/CgXxgt6QPoEhLQ?zx=ohx4o1vakc5p https://artsandculture.google.com/story/ivrea-industrial-cit...