Magenta–Crocco elevator
The Magenta–Crocco elevator is a public elevator in the Castelletto quarter of Genoa, in Northwestern Italy. It constitutes the continuation of the Sant'Anna funicular, linking Corso Magenta with via Antonio Crocco. The elevator can be reached from Corso Magenta through a pedestrian tunnel, from which it also possible to reach a small private elevator connecting the tunnel to the Antica Farmacia Sant'Anna, the ancient and still operating pharmacy of the Sant'Anna Convent. The elevator can also be reached from a second entrance located in via Acquarone. It entered service in 1933. In 1966, it came under the responsibility of AMT Genova. In 2007, it underwent a complete maintenance review and the substitution of the old cars with modern ones. History The construction of the elevator started in 1929 and was commissioned to Officine Meccaniche Stigler by Istituto Edile Immobiliare Genovese, the land developer which had undertaken the urbanization of via Antonio Crocco and salita Santa Maria della Sanità. The land developer, however, did not want to take accountability for the operation of the elevator and sold it to the Municipality in 1933. In 1947, the Municipality contracted the operation of the elevator to a private operator, the Società Anonima Funicolare