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Luigi Canina (
Casale Monferrato, 1795 –
Florence
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, 1856) was an Italian
archaeologist
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and
architect
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.
Luigi Canina, Italian architect and archeologist, was born in
Casale Monferrato in 1795 and died in
Florence
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in 1856. He was a pupil of
Ferdinando Bonsignore in
Turin
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, and settled in
Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
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in 1818. Among his works are: some construction at the
Villa Borghese
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(monumental neoclassical propylaea from
Piazzale Flaminio
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It divides the Flaminio (Rome), Flaminio and the Pinciano quarters.
Description
The square extends just outside the Aurelian Walls. Porta del Popolo, on i ...
); Casino Vagnuzzi outside of Porta del Popolo in Egyptian style; not realized projects for reconstruction of the
sanctuary of Oropa
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(1856). He became professor of architecture at
Turin
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, and his most important works were the excavation of
Tusculum
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in 1829 and of the
Appian Way
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in 1848, the results of which he embodied in a number of works published in a costly form by his patroness, the
queen of Sardinia
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Countess of Savoy, 1003–1416
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;As courtesy title
Queen of Sardinia, 1720–1861
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. In 1843, he was elected into the
National Academy of Design
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as an Honorary member.
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Canina is also noted for his studies of history and archeology: ''Ancient architecture described and represented in documents'' (1830–44). A column opposite the
basilica of Saint Sebastian on the Appian Way close to Rome records Canina's work in rescuing many Roman ruins and turning the road into the archeological park that it is today.
In England he restored interiors at
Alnwick Castle
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,
Northumberland
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It is bordered by land on ...
.
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References
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* Sistri, Augusto, ed. ''Luigi Canina, 1795–1856: Architetto e Teorico del Classicismo.'' Milan, 1995.
Alnwick Castle
Italian archaeologists
19th-century Italian architects
1795 births
1856 deaths
People from Casale Monferrato
Academic staff of the University of Turin
Recipients of the Royal Gold Medal
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