The "Nove '25" hydroelectric power plant, Italy

The Nove Nuova (“New Nove”) or "Nove '25" power plant, which was built in 1925, is located in the municipality of Vittorio Veneto near Treviso in the Veneto region. Today it functions as a reserve power plant. It was built in an Art Nouveau style, to a design by the engineer Vincenzo Ferniani, and its transformer building stands out, thanks to the presence of triple lancet windows. Some of the neo-Mannerist details at the power plant probably grew out of the collaboration with engineer Augusto Koch, son of Gaetano, a great exponent of Roman classical purism. 

The low-ceilinged control room, which is positioned between the machine building and the transformer buildings, with access by a light marble staircase with a wrought-iron parapet, opens onto the machine room. It features a large artistic leaded stained-glass window celebrating the symbols of the new energy: it was created by Murano artisans.

The plant is located in the Lapisina Valley, a glacial valley formed by a branch of the Piave glacier. The most important watercourse is the River Meschio, which has its origins in a karst at the foot of the Col Visentin mountain. The Lapisina Valley has several lakes, including Negrisiola, home of the San Floriano Vecchia and Nuova (“old and new San Floriano”) power plants, and the Restello, on the shores of which the "Nove '25" and "Nove '71" power plants are located.