Pietro Lombardi (30 July 1894 – 5 February 1984) was an Italian

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

. At the beginning of his career Lombardi worked in the studios of

Armando Brasini Armando Brasini (Rome, 21 September 1879 - Rome, 18 February 1965) was a prominent Italian architect and urban designer of the early twentieth century and exemplar of Fascist architecture. His work is notable for its eclectic and visionary style i ...

and

Marcello Piacentini Marcello Piacentini (8 December 1881 – 19 May 1960) was an Italian urban theorist and one of the main proponents of Italian Fascist architecture. Biography Born in Rome, he was the son of architect Pio Piacentini. When he was only 26, he was ...

. With his design for the '' Fontana delle Anfore'', a fountain in

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, he won a national competition in 1925 for designing nine fountains in seven of the traditional quarters (''

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'') of Rome.

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* 1894 births 1984 deaths Architects from Rome {{Italy-architect-stub