Forte Braschi (Rome)

Building in Rome, Italy

41°54′50″N 12°25′24″E / 41.91389°N 12.42333°E / 41.91389; 12.42333Site informationOpen to
the publicnoConditionin useSite historyBuilt1877–1881Built byVictor Emmanuel IIGarrison informationOccupantsMinistry 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.

Notes

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

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Pablo Dell'Osa (2017). Il tribunale speciale e la presidenza di Guido Cristini 1928-1932). Milan: Mursia. ISBN 978-88-425-5162-1.