Cesar Castellani (died 2 August 1905) was an architect. He was born in Malta. He was attracted by the prosperity of

British Guiana British Guiana was a British colony, part of the mainland British West Indies, which resides on the northern coast of South America. Since 1966 it has been known as the independent nation of Guyana. The first European to encounter Guiana was S ...

and emigrated there in 1860 with a group of Italian priests.

Designs

Castellani designed a number of prominent buildings in Guyana, including

Brickdam Cathedral Brickdam Cathedral, more formally known as the Cathedral of Immaculate Conception, is the Roman Catholic cathedral in Georgetown, Guyana, and is the leading Catholic church of the country. Built in the 1920s, it is constructed in a Romanesque ar ...

; Castellani House, once the Guyana Prime Minister's residence; the Brickdam Police Station; and the

New Amsterdam Public Hospital New Amsterdam Public Hospital in New Amsterdam, Guyana, is the country's biggest hospital after Georgetown Public Hospital. It's old building is one of the two surviving buildings designed by Cesar Castellani Cesar Castellani (died 2 August 1905) ...

. He made alterations and additions to the Church of the Sacred Heart on Main Street (1872-1882), which opened in 1861, for the colony's Madeiran labourers. The design of the

Victoria Law Courts The Victoria Law Courts on Corporation Street, Birmingham, England is a Grade I listed red brick and terracotta building that now houses Birmingham Magistrates' Court. History Designed by Aston Webb & Ingress Bell of London after an open compe ...

, credited to Baron Harco Theodor Hora Siccama, has Castellani's signature style, and Castellani was working for Siccama as a draughtsman. In 1875, he completed the installation of a sunken panelled ceiling of the Parliamentary chamber in the eastern wing of the Parliament Building. Cesar Castellani died in Georgetown, British Guiana on 2 August 1905. File:Grey_churh.jpg,

Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Georgetown Brickdam Cathedral, more formally known as the Cathedral of Immaculate Conception, is the Roman Catholic cathedral in Georgetown, Guyana, and is the leading Catholic church of the country. Built in the 1920s, it is constructed in a Romanesque ar ...

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(1950)

References

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