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[Road map, Province of Gorizia]

Monfalcone, home of the Proni family, is located on the Golfo di Panzano, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea, north and west of Trieste, and south of Gorizia.

A major employer in Monfalcone is the shipyard, known now as Fincantieri Monfalcone. The shipyard, located near a naval base, was a bombing target during the Second World War. Oscar Proni began his engineering career at this shipyard in 1948.

According to a work by John Birkler, published by the Rand Corporation,
Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiani S.p.A. is the primary ship-construction company in Italy, building both commercial and naval ships, and is one of the world leaders in the design and construction of cruise ships. It can trace its lineage back almost 200 years and has constructed over 7,000 vessels of all types.

Monfalcone is the largest Fincantieri shipyard in dry-dock size (350 meters long, 56 meters wide, handling ships up to 300,000 deadweight tons), facilities, and employees (approximately 2,000).


Birkler, John. (1997). Aircraft Carrier Industrial Base. Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND. Accessed November 11, 2005 from http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR948/appi.pdf

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Map courtesy of Avis car rental company.


Last updated 2005-11-30. AP.