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    (Cristoforo Maria) Luigi Canonica (Tesserete, Canton Ticino, 9 March 1762 – Milan, 7 February 1844) was a Swiss architect and urban planner whose prominent...
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    project was redesigned by Luigi Canonica, one of the main exponents of the Italian Neoclassical movement. In 1797 Canonica replaced Piermarini, his former...
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  • Medicine at Humanitas University, Milan. Luigi Canonica (1762–1844), Swiss architect and urban planner Pietro Canonica (1869–1959), Italian sculptor, painter...
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    Eugène de Beauharnais. The new Viceroy commissioned the architect Luigi Canonica to improve the structure of the villa, including the construction of...
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    academic facades, designed by Luigi Canonica in 1829. The building's rather straightforward appearance is the result of Canonica's restructuring in 1829 when...
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    the Porta Magenta and demolished in 1885, was built and designed by Luigi Canonica in 1805 It was a triumphal arch with a single fornix flanked by two...
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    intended site for the sculpture, following plans drawn up by the architect Luigi Canonica. France's ambassador in Rome François Cacault and the director of French...
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    the present theatre soon after. The current theatre was designed by Luigi Canonica and it opened in 1808 under the name the Teatro della Concordia. Its...
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    well as in Lyon. In Italy, there is a Chinatown in Milan between Via Luigi Canonica and Via Paolo Sarpi and others in Rome and Prato. In the Netherlands...
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    a map from 1721 shows the church with attached cloisters. In 1789, Luigi Canonica, putatively pupil of Giuseppe Piermarini, was commissioned to enlarge...
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    Construction Broke ground 1806 Opened 18 August 1807 Renovated 1945 Architect Luigi Canonica Tenants Inter Milan (1930–1947) Milan (1941–1945) Brera FC (2000–present)...
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    aristocrat and theatre-lover Giuseppe Carcano and originally designed by Luigi Canonica. Over the succeeding two centuries it has undergone several restructurings...
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    Arco della Pace at Milan (the arch planned by Luigi Cagnola and also featuring sculpture by Luigi Canonica). His subject matter ranged from portraits to...
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    della Lanterna). As per the exterior, Eugène de Beauharnais invited Luigi Canonica to create an entire new block called "La Cavallerizza" (nowadays occupied...
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    landscapes were rearranged to create an English landscape design, by Luigi Canonica. The first restoration and re-activation of the water features are owed...
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    by Luigi Clerichetti in the second half of the 19th century. The interiors and the grand staircase were designed and decorated by Luigi Canonica, with...
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    Construction began in 1778, and its Neoclassical facade, designed by Luigi Canonica, was added in 1829. The inner core of the building was constructed between...
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    Luigi Dallapiccola (3 February 1904 – 19 February 1975) was an Italian composer known for his lyrical twelve-tone compositions. Dallapiccola was born...
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    theatre school in Italy. The theatre was designed by neoclassic architect Luigi Canonica, based on Giuseppe Piermarini’s drawings. The original structure was...
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  • region of Lombardy, Italy. The villa was erected in 1820 with design by Luigi Canonica. The façade has monumental ionic pilasters arising from the Piano Nobile...
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    Giovanni Greppi rationalism Teatro Cressoni Teatro Sociale Giuseppe Cusi Luigi Canonica Italian Neoclassical architecture Tempio Voltiano Federico Frigerio...
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    Pietro Canonica (1 March 1869 – 8 June 1959) was an Italian sculptor, painter, opera composer, professor of arts and senator for life. He was born in Moncalieri...
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    of numerous operas, including four by Giovanni Pacini. Designed by Luigi Canonica, the theatre was inaugurated in 1813, closed in 1872, and demolished...
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    constructed in 1776 designed by Giuseppe Piermarini, then modified by Luigi Canonica in 1815. In 1777, when the buildings of the Garden were already similar...
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    Antolini's design had been set aside, the project was entrusted to Luigi Canonica who completely reworked it into developing the area essentially for...
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    is indebted to Luigi Canonica and was built for Count Archinto, beginning in 1829. A 16th-century palace once stood at the site. Canonica also designed...
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    were covered in blue silk, and they held carved seats in rich brocade. Luigi Canonica restructured the Civico/Nuovo in 1830. Between 1853 and 1855 the Teatro...
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    May 1805. The design of the new gate was commissioned to architect Luigi Canonica. As with the other Napoleonic gates of Milan, Porta Vercellina had lost...
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    and some of the facing of grey and white marble, were incorporated by Luigi Canonica in the Cascina San Fedele [it], in the park of the villa of the viceroy...
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    the Brera Academy in Milan, which he attended from 1875, winning the Luigi Canonica Prize in 1881. As a participant in the lively scene of the Scapigliatura...
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