Giuseppe Sacconi
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Giuseppe Sacconi was an Italian
architect
. He is best known as the designer of the monument of Vittorio Emanuele II
, in the centre of Rome
.
He was born in Montalto delle Marche
. He worked on the restoration of the Basilica di Loreto. He won the competition to design the Victor Emanuel II monument in 1884, and began building in the following year (though it was not finished until several years after his death. He died in Collegigliato, Pistoia
.
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
. He is best known as the designer of the monument of Vittorio Emanuele II
Monument of Vittorio Emanuele II
The Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II or Altare della Patria or "Il Vittoriano" is a monument built to honour Victor Emmanuel, the first king of a unified Italy, located in Rome, Italy. It occupies a site between the Piazza Venezia and the Capitoline Hill...
, in the centre of Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
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He was born in Montalto delle Marche
Montalto delle Marche
Montalto delle Marche is a comune in the Province of Ascoli Piceno in the Italian region Marche, located about 70 km south of Ancona and about 15 km north of Ascoli Piceno...
. He worked on the restoration of the Basilica di Loreto. He won the competition to design the Victor Emanuel II monument in 1884, and began building in the following year (though it was not finished until several years after his death. He died in Collegigliato, Pistoia
Pistoia
Pistoia is a city and comune in the Tuscany region of Italy, the capital of a province of the same name, located about 30 km west and north of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno.-History:...
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