Luigi Poletti (architect)
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| Luigi Poletti | |
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| Born | 1792 Modena |
| Died | 1869 Milan |
| Nationality | Italian |
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| Projects | Reconstruction of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli, Sant'Andrea degli Scozzesi |
Luigi Poletti (1792 – 1869) was an Italian neoclassical architect.
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[edit] Biography
He was born in Modena.
He studied under Raffaele Stern, and directed the reconstruction of Basilica of San Paolo fuori le Mura. He also added a choir to the Pantheon in 1840 and built the theatres in Fano (1845–1863), Rimini (1843–1857) and Terni (1840–1848).[1]
He also reconstructed the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Assisi (1836–40) and Sant'Andrea degli Scozzesi in Rome (1869). His pupils included Virginio Vespignani.
Poletti died at Milan in 1869.
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- ^ Ashton Rollins Willard, History of modern Italian art, op. cit., 1902, p. 527 (online from Internet Archive)
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- Ashton Rollins Willard, History of modern Italian art, Longmans, Green & Co., London, New York [etc.], 1902 (on line from Internet Archive)
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