Forte Braschi (Rome)

Forte Braschi
Part of Entrenched field of Rome
Via della Pineta Sacchetti, 216 – 00167 Rome in Italy
Site information
Open to the public	no
Condition	in use
Location
Coordinates	41°54′50″N12°25′24″E / 41.91389°N 12.42333°E / 41.91389; 12.42333
Site history
Built	1877–1881
Built by	Victor Emmanuel II
Garrison information
Occupants	Ministry of Defence

Forte Braschi is one of the 15 forts of Rome, built in the period between 1877 and 1891 to constitute the "entrenched field of Rome".
It is located in the Quarter Q. XIV Trionfale, within the Municipio XIV.

History

It was built starting from 1877 and completed in 1881, on a surface of 8.2 ha (20 acres) along Via della Pineta Sacchetti. The area on which it was built belonged to Cardinal Romoaldo Braschi-Onesti, from which it takes its name.

Since 1925, having ceased its strategic function, it has hosted the military Italian intelligence agencies, such as the Servizio Informazioni Militare (SIM). ^[1] On 29 May 1931, the fort was the scene of the shooting of the anarchist Michele Schirru, convicted of planning an attempt on Mussolini. ^[2]

Since the second postwar period it has hosted the Servizio Informazioni Forze Armate (SIFAR) and the Servizio Informazioni Difesa (SID). From 1977 to 2007 it housed the operation center of the military intelligence, the Servizio per le Informazioni e la Sicurezza Militare (SISMI). It currently houses the headquarters of the Agenzia Informazioni e Sicurezza Esterna (AISE) and of the Raggruppamento Unità Difesa (RUD). It is entitled to Nicola Calipari.

Michele Schirru (1899–1931).

Notes

1. Arma dei Carabinieri – Home – L'Editoria – Il Carabiniere – Year 2004 – April – Militaria
2. See Dell'Osa, p. 88.

Bibliography

• Operare i forti. Per un progetto di riconversione dei forti militari di Roma. Rome: Gangemi Editore. 2010. ISBN   978-88-492-1777-3.
• Elvira Cajano (2006). Il sistema dei forti militari a Roma. Rome: Gangemi Editore. ISBN   978-88-492-1057-6.
• Michele Carcani (1883). I forti di Roma. Rome: Voghera Carlo tipografo di S.M.
• Giorgio Giannini (1998). I forti di Roma. Rome: Newton Compton Editori. ISBN   978-88-8183-895-0.
• Pablo Dell'Osa (2017). Il tribunale speciale e la presidenza di Guido Cristini 1928-1932). Milan: Mursia. ISBN   978-88-425-5162-1.

External links

• "Forte Braschi". Progetto Forti.
• Francesca d'Angelo. "I Forti Trionfale, Monte Mario, Braschi, Bravetta". RomaNatura. Retrieved 10 April 2020.