Paolo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto

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Paolo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto (born July 17, 1910 in Padua , † November 11, 1993 in Rome ) was an Italian art historian and general director of the Vatican Museums from 1961 to 1975. He was also city ​​councilor and vice mayor of the city of Rome.

Life

Paolo Dalla Torre was a son of Giuseppe Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto (1885-1967) and Maria Hedwig Lochenies de Fontenois (1880-1960), born in Kaiserslautern. His father was a journalist and from 1920 to 1960 director of L'Osservatore Romano , the daily newspaper of the Vatican. He married Antonietta Pulvirenti De Grazia (1917-2004); the sons Giuseppe and Giacomo are from the marriage .

Paolo Dalla Torre studied at La Sapienza University in Rome and had a doctorate in art history. His dissertation was banned immediately after its publication in 1936; a university career was not made possible for Della Torre because he opposed Italian fascism .

From 1937 he held various positions in the Vatican and in 1938 was among other things scientific secretary of the Lateran Museum . From 1947 to 1961 he held high positions in the city of Rome, most recently as city councilor, deputy mayor and budget auditor. He also directed the city magazine "Capitolium".

From 1960 to 1970 he was Director General for Monuments, Museums and Pontifical Galleries and from 1961 to 1975 Director General of the Vatican Museums .

Fonts

  • L'opera riformatrice ed amministrativa di Pio IX fra il 1850 e il 1870 , Editrice AVE 1945
  • L'anno di Mentana: Contributo ad una storia dello Stato Pontificio nel 1867 , Martello 1968
  • Gli eventi militari del 1860 dai telegrammi del Ministero delle armi pontificio , Società Romana di Storia Patria 1976

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sovereign Military Order of Malta on heirsofeurope , accessed on April 29, 2020 (it.)
  2. ↑ a b c DALLA TORRE Paolo (Padova, 1910 - Roma, 1993) on gruppodeiromanisti.it , accessed on April 29, 2020 (it.)
  3. ↑ Immagini e memoria: Gli Archivi fotografici di Istituzioni culturali della città di Roma , Gangemi Editore Spa 2012, p. 133 (it.)
  4. ↑ Tesori di carta: guida agli archivi e alle collezioni degli istituti membri dell'Unione Internazionale degli Istituti di archeologia, storia e storia dell'arte in Roma , Unione Internazionale degli Istituti di archeologia storia e storia dell'arte in Roma, 1998, S. 114 (it.)
personal data
SURNAME Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, Paolo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dalla Torre, Paolo; Dalla Torre Di Sanguinetto, Conte Paolo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian art historian and politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 17, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Padua
DATE OF DEATH November 11, 1993
Place of death Rome