Luigi Piattoli

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Luigi Piattoli (* 1824 in Florence , † 1888 in Alexandria ) was an Italian engineer , architect and painter . He attended the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno in Florence . At the age of 20 he came to Alexandria, where he became the most important architect of the Said Pasha . Between 1863 and 1869 he lived again in Florence, but soon returned to Egypt to represent the Florence Chamber of Art, Industry and Commerce with buildings for the inauguration of the Suez Canal . He settled as a building contractor in Alexandria, where he died.

literature

  • LA Balboni: Gl'Italiani nella civiltà egiziana del secolo XIX: ... Volume 3, 1906, p. 331.
  • Mercedes Volait: La communauté italienne et ses édiles. In: Revue de l'Occident musulman et de la Méditerranée. Année 1987, Volume 46, Numéro 46, pp. 137–156, full text online . P. 146, footnote 47 (reference to the biography of L. Piattoli in Balboni . T. 3, p. 331) .
personal data
SURNAME Piattoli, Luigi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian engineer, architect and painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1824
PLACE OF BIRTH Florence
DATE OF DEATH 1888
Place of death Alexandria