Franz von Taxis
Telecom Pioneers
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Phonebook of the World
 
Franz von Taxis / Francisco Tasso Inventer of the Post Office
Franz von Taxis (Francisco Tasso) (1459 -1517)
 

Francisco Tasso together with his brothers Ruggiero, Leonardo and Janetto
operated a post service between Milano/Italy
and Innsbruck/Austria.

Calling himselft Franz, Francisco mooved from Italy to Bruxelles
and set up a a post service between Bruxelles and Vienna.



Francisco Tasso´s horse based message transport system
which had prooven to be so efficient
that the Habsburg needed it to control their expanding empire
in I490 Emperor Frederick 3rd offered a communications monopoly
to the Bergamo/Italy based family




 
 
 
 


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