The Matitone (a popular nickname meaning literally ''"big pencil"'', officially San Benigno North Tower) is a

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, Mario Lanata and Andrea Messina and finished building in 1992, used as a business center located in the

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, in the San Benigno neighborhood, near the Genova-West highway.

Activities based in the Matitone

The Matitone is home to several administrative offices including: * Municipality of Genoa, Services Private Building and

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Other information

*In 2006 it was used for filming the video for the

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''Cosa vuoi che sia'' by Ligabue. *In

Savona Savona (; lij, Sann-a ) is a seaport and ''comune'' in the west part of the northern Italian region of Liguria, capital of the Province of Savona, in the Riviera di Ponente on the Mediterranean Sea. Savona used to be one of the chief seats ...

there is a smaller, similar building that was named Matitino in honor of his older peer in

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External links

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Scheda del Matitone - Emporis.com

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