Luigi Poletti
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Luigi Poletti (architect)
| 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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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.
References
- ^ Ashton Rollins Willard, History of modern Italian art, op. cit., 1902, p. 527 (online from Internet Archive)
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