Palazzo delle Poste e Telegrafi in Alessandria, Italy, Post office palace in Alessandria, Italy

The Palazzo delle Poste e Telegrafi in Alessandria is an administrative building at Piazza della Libertà with four floors and a basement level. The main facades are clad in travertine, while the courtyard sides have stone-like plaster.

The building was constructed between 1939 and 1941 to replace the eclectic-style post office on Via Cavour, following a 1933 competition and delays. Architect Franco Petrucci's rationalist design was inaugurated in April 1941. A commission including Marcello Piacentini and Armando Melise judged it, accepting the experiment but requiring mosaic bands, the Poste emblem, and a Latin inscription.

The 38-metre mosaic band, 1.20 metres high, was designed by Franco Petrucci and made by Gino Severini between 1940 and 1941. Its two short side wings show the four continents, while the longer centre depicts postal transport by land, sea and air on the left and the telegraph on the right.

The central public hall still functions as a post office with two side entrances from Piazza della Libertà. The interior is easily accessible and retains its original layout.

The basement holds an air-raid shelter, separate from the archives, with an exit stair onto Via Ghilini. It was part of the 1939-1941 design by Franco Petrucci, so the building served postal duties and civil defence at once.