Pietro Avoscani (born 1816 in
Livorno; died 1 March 1891 in
Alexandria
Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandri ...
) was an
Italian
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** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
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architect
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. He emigrated to
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...
in 1837.
Buildings
* Palace of Gabbar, 1846–48
*
Ras el-Tin Palace
Ras El Tin Palace ( ar, قصر رأس التين , literally, "Cape Fig Palace") is a palace on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in Alexandria, Egypt. It is one of the official residences for a serving President of Egypt. Under the Muhammad ...
, 1847
[
* Palaces of Abbasiyya and Hilmiyya 1849
* Palaces of Gazira and Chubra, 1860–61
* ]Khedivial Opera House
The Khedivial Opera House or Royal Opera House ( ar, دار الأوبرا الخديوية / ALA-LC: ''Dār Awbirā al-Khudaywī'') was an opera house in Cairo, Egypt, the oldest opera house in all of Africa. It was inaugurated on 1 November 1 ...
, 1869
* International Market of Minia al-Bassal/Bourse of Minet el Bassal, 1871
* Zizinia theatre/Theatre Zizinia, 1863
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Pietro Avoscani
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People from Livorno
19th-century Italian architects
Architects from Tuscany
Egyptian architects
1816 births
1891 deaths