The visit constitutes a further testament to the Department’s deep roots in the local community. On Saturday, May 5, the Department of Automated Information Systems, in collaboration with the “Progetto Forti” association, allowed a special audience of 30 deaf people to visit the Appia Fort, one of the fifteen forts in Rome and among the best preserved. The visit, particularly appreciated, constitutes a further testament to the Department’s deep roots in the local community and the opening up of the Italian Air Force to the social sector.
The Appia Fort was used for various purposes over the centuries, first as a defensive point for Rome and, more recently, starting in the early 1900s, as the headquarters of the Artillery Directorate of the Aeronautic Corps. It had its last active use between the 1980s and 1990s as the Re.S.I.A. data processing center and is still used partly as a storage facility. Characterized by a limestone cladding in leucite, it is in excellent condition and features hypogean and terraced volumes in their original form. Highly appreciated by visitors is the visit to the moat of the Fort where a deep well carved into the local lava bench is visible.
The Department of Automated Information Systems is based in the prestigious area of the Appia Antica Regional Park and operates under the 3rd Division of the Air Force Logistics Command, with the mission of designing, implementing and managing non-classified telematics systems and networks while ensuring their cyber defense, fulfilling the functions of a Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) and providing basic training for personnel in the field of Information Communication Technology.
