What is recorded here
The Marconi Monument commemorates Guglielmo Marconi, the Italian inventor of the radio, who conducted pioneering wireless telegraphy experiments in the Poldhu area of Cornwall in 1901. It marks the site where the first transatlantic radio signal was successfully transmitted, a milestone in global communications history.
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Places near here
Marconi MemorialListed building · 2 yd
The Marconi MonumentMonument or public art · 44 yd
Marconi CentreMuseum · 178 yd
Poldhu Care Home and Marconi MonumentMonument or public art · 237 yd
Poldhu CoveBay · 520 yd
Meres CliffCliff · 618 yd
Poldhu BridgeListed building · 766 yd
Church CoveBeach / strand · 1147 yd,_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5600246.jpg?width=1280)
Dollar CoveBeach / strand · 1475 yd
The cave below the cliff at Mullion HarbourCave or cavern · 1.0 mi
Mullion IslandIslet · 1.1 mi
Ogo DourCave · 2.2 miOther information
Photo: Bill Boaden · CC BY-SA 2.0