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A storage installation comprising at least one basic installation or module (2a, 2b), each module including: 5 -a lift (50) equipped with a quadrangular platform (11) and with means (51-59) to move said platform (11) along a vertical shaft (12) to make said platform take several positions corresponding to different levels (Ll, L2...Ln) along said shaft; -a plurality of boxes ( 13) located at each of said different levels 10 and arranged around the lift shaft, one side of each box being adjacent to a corresponding side of the shaft, each box being arranged to house a trolley (14) on which the object(s) to be stored is (are) placed; -means for translating the trolleys and allowing trolley loading 15 and unloading onto and from the platform according to mutually perpendicular directions, by following suitable guides (16) intersecting onto the platform itself. (FIG. 1)