Adamo Boari (22 October 1863 – 24 February 1928) was an

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and

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civil engineer and architect, he had a very active career in Mexico and he is known for the construction of notable Historicist architectural works in this country.

Life

Boari was born in

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. He studied at the

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and afterwards at the

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where he graduated in 1886. After he had done several works for the National Exhibition of architecture in

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. He went to

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in 1889 where he works as Project Manager for a Universal Exhibition. After visiting the country and some other cities in different countries of South America like

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and

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and after recovering from

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he went to the United States where he lived in

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. In 1899 he got permission to work in the United States as an architect. In 1903 he went to

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, where under the regime of President

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, and for which he is invited, he carries out several projects, among which it highlights: the Cathedral of Matehuala (1898), the

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in Guadalajara (1899) and a monument to Porfirio Díaz (1900).Justino Fernández, ''El arte del siglo XIX en México''. Mexico City: UNAM 1983, plate 307. It is very probable that he designed the Church of San Antonio Limón in the state of

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. He also designed his house, which was located in the

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and was demolished in 1940. In the Mexican capital, he works on projects that give him fame and recognition, such as: the

Palacio de Correos de México The Palacio de Correos de México (Postal Palace of Mexico City), also known as the "Correo Mayor" (Main Post Office) is located in the historic center of Mexico City, on the Eje Central (Lázaro Cardenas) near the Palacio de Bellas Artes. It was ...

and the

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. It was to this last building that he devoted the most time, working on it even after the

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(1916) had begun. Some of his works he did at the bureau of

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. The Palacio de Correos was finished in 1907. Although Boari began with the construction of the Palacio de Bellas Artes in 1901 he could not finish his work due to the upcoming revolution and resulting technical and financial problems. In 1916, he returned to

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and settled in

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, often traveling to

. It is mentioned that from Rome he sent contributions and ideas for the completion of the Palacio de Bellas Artes, and that he wrote a book on the construction and design of theatres. It is thought that he supported his brother Sesto Boari for the project of the Nuovo teatro di Ferrara (New theatre of Ferrara), which bears a certain resemblance to that of the aforementioned Mexican fine arts palace.''Adamo Boari (Italia, 1863-1928)''
(Spanish), El Poder de la Palabra, Barcelona / New York. Boari died in

on 24 February 1928. The ''Palacio de Bellas Artes'' was finished after his death.

References

External links

*
works of ''Adamo Boari''
at ''praella.com * Martín Manuel CHECA ARTASU

Biblio 3W. Bibliographic Magazine of Geography and Social Sciences. nline Barcelona:

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, 15 February 2015, vol. XX, nº 1111 SSN 1138-9796(in Spanish). {{DEFAULTSORT:Boari, Adamo 19th-century Italian architects 20th-century Italian architects Architects from Ferrara Mexican culture Italian expatriates in Mexico People from Mexico City University of Bologna alumni 1863 births 1928 deaths Italian civil engineers 19th-century Italian engineers 20th-century Italian engineers