Giuseppe Segusini (15 July 1801 - 29 March 1876) was an Italian neoclassical

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Biography

He was born in

Feltre Feltre ( vec, Fèltre) is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Belluno in Veneto, northern Italy. A hill town in the southern reaches of the province, it is located on the Stizzon River, about from its junction with the Piave, and southwes ...

, one of twenty children to a poor family, and the only to survive to adulthood. As a child, he worked as a laborer. The local count Fedele Norcen took an interest in his education, and he entered the school of design directed by Agostino Occofer. By age 19, he had won an architecture prize from the

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, and enrolled the next year. In 1826, he left the academy and participated in various architectural projects in Feltre,

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, and Venice, including a chapel for the Canon Bartolomeo Villabruna and restorations for the Duomo of

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. In 1833, he was selected in 1833 to design and build the Theater of

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. In 1838, he obtained the title to work as architect or engineer. Among his further projects were the church of Santa Maria Nascente in

Agordo Agordo ( Local Ladin: ''Agort'', Ladin: ''Ègort'', Austrian German: ''Augarten'') is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) sited in the Province of Belluno, in the Veneto region in Italy. It is located about north of Venice and about northwest ...

; the town hall and Palazzo Cappellari in Belluno; a tempietto in

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; the theater of Serravalle; the church of San Lucano in Villapiccola; and an oratory in Busta. He also designed a theater for

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in Austria and the Mausoleum for the Tacchi family of

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. He designed various altars and church interiors, including for the Baptistry of Feltre, for the church of Santa Maria Nascente at

Pieve di Cadore Pieve di Cadore is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Belluno in the Italian region of Veneto, about north of Venice and about northeast of Belluno. "Pieve" means "Parish church". It is the birthplace of the Italian painter Titian. ...

, for the church of San Gervasio in Belluno, for the church of Santa Giustina in the parish of the same name, and for the parish church of

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, for the Cathedral of Feltre, for the parish church of

Mezzolombardo Mezzolombardo (local dialect: ''Mezombart'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about north of the city of Trento. As of 31 December 2006, it had a population of 6,498 ...

, and the parish church of Pozzale in Pieve di Cadore, completed by the sculptor Valentino Besarel. In 1855, he completed the stucco decorations for the church of Santi Pietro e Paolo in the neighborhood of Levada in

Piombino Dese Piombino Dese is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about northwest of Venice and about north of Padua. Piombino Dese borders the following municipalities: Camposampiero, Istrana, Loreggia, ...

. He worked in the reconstruction of the apse of the Cathedral of Belluno, which had collapsed during the earthquake of 1873. He designed the access stairs to the Sanctuary of Santi Vittore e Corona. He worked in the reconstructions of the towns of Padola and Lorenzago, destroyed by fires respectively in 1846 and 1865.Derived mainly from Italian Wikipedia entry.

Gallery

File:Vittorio Veneto - Teatro Sociale - Foto di Paolo Steffan.jpg, Theater of Serravalle, 1842-1879 File:MorganoChiesa.jpg, San Martino,

Morgano Morgano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Treviso in the Italian region Veneto, located about northwest of Venice and about west of Treviso. Morgano borders the following municipalities: Istrana, Paese, Piombino Dese, Quinto di T ...

, 1858 File:La Pievanale.jpg, San Giovanni Battista,

Canale d'Agordo Canale d'Agordo (known as Forno di Canale until 1964; Ladin: ''Canal'', German: ''Augartnerkanal'') is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Belluno, in the region of Veneto, northern Italy. It has 1,230 inhabitants. Pope John Paul I (born Albi ...

, 1859 Santa Elena di Zerman.jpg, Church of Sant'Elena, Zerman, 1870-1895 File:Palazzo Berton (Feltre) 01.jpg, Palazzo Berton,

File:' Mausoleo Tacchi - Rovereto 01.jpg, Tacchi Mausoleum,

, 1862 File:Chiesa di Santa Maria del Rosario (Pieve d'Alpago, Alpago).jpg, Church of Santa Maria del Rosario, Pieve d'Alpago

References

Provincia Belluno
{{DEFAULTSORT:Segusini Giuseppe 1801 births 1876 deaths People from Feltre 19th-century Italian architects Italian neoclassical architects