Ireneo Aleandri (1795–1885) was an
Italian
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architect of the
Neoclassic period.
He was born in
San Severino Marche
San Severino Marche is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about southwest of Ancona and about southwest of Macerata.
History
From prehistory to Roman age
The oldest remains of human pre ...
, but studied at the
Accademia di San Luca
The Accademia di San Luca (the "Academy of Saint Luke") is an Italian academy of artists in Rome. The establishment of the Accademia de i Pittori e Scultori di Roma was approved by papal brief in 1577, and in 1593 Federico Zuccari became its fir ...
in Rome. In his youth, he completed a number of restorations and buildings in his native town, including a Restoration of the Porta di San Lorenzo (1820), the Teatro Feronia (1823), and the church of San Paolo (1828), the church of San Michele (1830), and the Torre dell’Orologio in the Piazza del Popolo (1832).
His masterpiece is the
Sferisterio di Macerata (completed in 1829). He moved to
Spoleto
Spoleto (, also , , ; la, Spoletum) is an ancient city in the Italian province of Perugia in east-central Umbria on a foothill of the Apennines. It is S. of Trevi, N. of Terni, SE of Perugia; SE of Florence; and N of Rome.
History
Spolet ...
where he designed the Teatro Nuovo (1853). He also designed the
Teatro Ventidio Basso di
Ascoli Piceno
Ascoli Piceno (; la, Asculum; dialetto ascolano: Ascule) is a town and ''comune'' in the Marche region of Italy, capital of the province of the same name. Its population is around 46,000 but the urban area of the city has more than 93,000.
Geo ...
(1839) and the viaduct of
Ariccia
Ariccia (Latin: ''Aricia'') is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Rome, central Italy, southeast of Rome. It is in the Alban Hills of the Lazio (Latium) region and could be considered an extension of Rome's southeastern suburbs. On ...
.
Comune of Sanseverino Marche
tourism, illustrious persons of Sanseverino.
References
19th-century Italian architects
Architects from Marche
Italian neoclassical architects
1795 births
1885 deaths
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