Benedetto Alfieri

Benedetto Alfieri

Benedetto Innocente Alfieri (born June 3, 1699 in Rome , † December 6, 1767 in Turin ) was an Italian builder. He belonged to the Count's Alfieri family and was the uncle of the poet Vittorio Alfieri .

Life

Benedetto Alfieri studied law and learned a. a. at the universities of Rome and Turin. In addition, he was also politically active. He was very interested in architecture and was self-taught in this area . During his time as Mayor of Asti in the years 1726–1730, he planned numerous buildings. He was in 1736 by King Karl Emanuel III. Appointed to Turin and from 1739 was the first civil architect at the court, a new position created for him. His most famous buildings are u. a. the Palazzo Ghilini in Alessandria (built around 1732) and the Teatro Regio di Torino (built around 1740). Alfieri is considered to be one of the outstanding representatives of the late baroque in Italy due to the numerous buildings he has built . He died of complications from pneumonia.

The Instituto d'Arte Benedetto Alfieri in Asti was named in his honor.

literature

• Amedeo Bellini, Benedetto Alfieri , Milan 1978
• Mirella Macera (ed.), Benedetto Alfieri, l'opera astigiana . Turin 1992 (exhibition catalog)
• Richard Pommer, Eighteenth-century architecture in Piedmont | the open structures of Juvarra, Alfieri & Vittone, New York 1967
• Marianne Rolle: Alfieri, Benedetto. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• °°:  Alfieri, Benedetto. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 2:  Albicante – Ammannati. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1960.

Web links

Commons : Benedetto Alfieri  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Alfieri, Benedetto Innocente. In: Enciclopedie on line. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
• Publications by and about Benedetto Alfieri in the Opac des Servizio Bibliotecario Nazionale