(13 Jul) – An exhibition to commemorate the life and work of Guglielmo Marconi. This is the objective of the exhibition “Gugliemo Marconi: il pioniere delle radiocomunicazioni – Premio Nobel per la Fisica 1909” (Guglielmo Marconi, radio pioneer – Nobel Prize in Physics 1909), organized by the Grupo dos Amigos da Horta dos Cabos Submarinos and the city of Horta, in collaboration with the Italian Institute of Culture, Regione Emilia-Romagna and the Fondazione Guglielmo Marconi. The exhibition will open next July 18th at the Library João José da Graça in Faial, island of the Azores, Portugal. In Faial, in 1922, Marconi received the title of honorary citizen of Horta, the city that encompass the whole island. The exhibition traces the main stages of Marconi’s career: his first experiments in the family house, his move to the United Kingdom, the great “wireless” adventure, the development of wireless telegraphy and the Nobel Prize. (Red)
