Giuseppe Samonà (1898–1983) was an Italian
architect
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and
urban planner
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An urban planner may focus on a specific area of practice and have a title such as city planner, town ...
, whose notable works include the post office in the
Appio quarter of
Rome
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(built 1933–6), the
Banca d'Italia in
Padua
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(1968) and a theatre in
Sciacca
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,
Sicily
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(1974–9).
He also served as director of the
Istituto Universitario di Architettura in
Venice
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from 1945 to 1971.
Italian Hispanist and author
Carmelo Samonà was his son.
References
1898 births
1983 deaths
20th-century Italian architects
Italian urban planners
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