Giuseppe Patricolo (1834 – 1905) was an Italian architect and engineer, best known for restoring many of the medieval, including Norman architecture, buildings in and near his native
Palermo in
Sicily
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In 1866, he was named professor of descriptive geometry at the
University of Palermo
The University of Palermo ( it, Università degli Studi di Palermo) is a university located in Palermo, Italy, and founded in 1806. It is organized in 12 Faculties.
History
The University of Palermo was officially founded in 1806, although its ...
, and in 1875, professor of design and architecture. From 1884 to his death, he served as artistic director of the monuments, and director of the Royal office for the conservation of monuments of Sicily. Among the structure, in which he was involved in the restoration are the church of
San Francesco d'Assisi,
San Cataldo,
Santo Spirito,
San Giovanni degli Eremiti
San Giovanni degli Eremiti (St John of the Hermits) is an ancient former monastic church located on Via Benedettini #19 in the ancient quarter of Albergaria of the city of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. It is about two blocks south from the ...
, and the
Santa Maria dell'Ammiraglio in Palermo; as well as the Norman church of the Santissima Trinità di Delia in
Castelvetrano
Castelvetrano ( scn, Castiḍḍuvitranu) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Trapani, Sicily, southern Italy. The archeological site of Selinunte is located within the municipal territory.
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His son, Achille Patricolo, also an architect; born in Palermo; was a curator at the Islamic Museum in Cairo till 1922. As an antiquarian, he sold pottery to the British Museum in 1921.
British Museum
Works
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Le chiese di Santo Spirito e di S. Maria dell'Ammiraglio in Palermo
', Palermo, 1882
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La chiesa di S. Maria dell'Ammiraglio in Palermo e le sue antiche adiacenze
', (Estratto dall'Archivio Storico Siciliano 1877 e 1879), Palermo, 1883
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Il monumento arabo scoverto in Febbraro 1882 e la contigua chiesa di S. Giovanni degli Eremiti in Palermo
', (Estratto dall'Archivio Storico Siciliano, N. S. anno VII, 1882.), Palermo, 1883
References
* G. La Monica, ''Giuseppe Patricolo restauratore'', Ila Palma, Palermo, 1976
* L. Sarullo, ''Dizionario degli artisti siciliani. Architettura'', Palermo, 1993
* F. Tomaselli, ''Il ritorno dei Normanni'', Roma, 1994
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1834 births
1905 deaths
People from Palermo
Architects from Sicily
19th-century Italian architects
20th-century Italian architects