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, and then entered the studio of

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.Treccani Encyclopedia Entry
Volume 11 (1969) by Giacomo Piccardi. He was knighted with the

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, became professor of the Consiglio Accademico of Florence, Correspondent Associate of the Royal Accademia Raffaello of Urbino, and Honorary Associate of the Institute of Fine Arts in Urbino. He helped design some of the palaces facing the Piazza della Repubblica, Florence. His major works include: *Cassa di Risparmio in

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(1879) *Gothic Funeral Chapel for Nicolaev (1881, Odessa, Russia), commissioned by Admiral General Niccolò Arcas *New Evangelical Cemetery of Florence, outside Porta Romana (Begun 1877) *Episcopal Church in Piazza del Carmine, Florence, 1881 *Gothic Funeral Chapel for the Lodomez family *Cemetery of San Miniato al Monte, Florence (1876) *Gothic Funeral Chapel for Gattai-Budini Family (1881) *Villa (Quattrocento Style), near

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, for Baron Franchetti *Villa of Ernesto Rossi in

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(1887–88).

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''Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.''
by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 59.

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