Giuseppe Valadier (April 14, 1762 – February 1, 1839) was an Italian architect and designer, urban planner and archaeologist and a chief exponent of Neoclassicism in Italy.

Biography

The son of a goldsmith, Luigi (1726–1785), Valadier was born in

Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption ...

in 1762. He also occasionally provided designs for silver, such as the "York Chalice" for Henry Cardinal York (1800–01), the grand silver table service for Monsignor Antonio Odescalchi (1795–97) and the similar Rospigliosi-Pallavicini service, begun in 180

which he partly produced in the silver workshop he directly oversaw and partly sub-contracted to other Roman silversmiths. Valadier also designed some furniture and other decorative arts, such as the rock crystal and silver reliquary for relics of the Holy Crib in Santa Maria Maggiore, for Pope Pius IX. Valadier worked in Rome and elsewhere in the

Papal States The Papal States ( ; it, Stato Pontificio, ), officially the State of the Church ( it, Stato della Chiesa, ; la, Status Ecclesiasticus;), were a series of territories in the Italian Peninsula under the direct sovereign rule of the pope fro ...

, but many of his projects remained on paper. He was named official ''architetto camerale'' of the Papal States by Pope Pius VI in 1786. He taught architecture at the

Accademia di San Luca The Accademia di San Luca (the "Academy of Saint Luke") is an Italian academy of artists in Rome. The establishment of the Accademia de i Pittori e Scultori di Roma was approved by papal brief in 1577, and in 1593 Federico Zuccari became its fi ...

was a pioneer archeologist and a restorer of monuments, such as the Milvian Bridge (1805) and the

Arch of Titus The Arch of Titus ( it, Arco di Tito; la, Arcus Titi) is a 1st-century AD honorific arch, located on the Via Sacra, Rome, just to the south-east of the Roman Forum. It was constructed in 81 AD by the Emperor Domitian shortly after the death of ...

in Rome, (1819–21). He retraced the ancient line of the Via Flaminia (1805) and restored

Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola ( , , ; 1 October 15077 July 1573), often simply called Vignola, was one of the great Italian architects of 16th century Mannerism. His two great masterpieces are the Villa Farnese at Caprarola and the Jesuits' Churc ...

's neglected Church of Sant'Andrea in Via Flaminia, which influenced his own Church of Santa Maria della Salute in

Fiumicino Fiumicino () is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, central Italy, with a population of 80,500 (2019). It is known for being the site of Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport, the busiest airport in Italy and the eleventh-bu ...

, the newly-establish port for Rome.

Major works

Villa Pianciani ''Villa Pianciani'' is a complex situated a hill that overlooking the Spoleto Valley in Umbria, Italy. The complex is the work of architect Giuseppe Valadier and comprises five buildings and a historical park. History The illa complex was bu ...

, Spoleto; *Clocks with mosaic faces on top of the façade belltowers, Basilica of Saint Peter (1786–90); * Villa Torlonia, Rome (1806 onwards); *General plan for access to the

Imperial Forums The Imperial Fora (''Fori Imperiali '' in Italian) are a series of monumental '' fora'' (public squares), constructed in Rome over a period of one and a half centuries, between 46 BC and 113 AD. The fora were the center of the Roman Republic and ...

(1811); *General plans for

Piazza del Popolo Piazza del Popolo is a large urban square in Rome. The name in modern Italian language, Italian literally means "People's Square", but historically it derives from the Populus, poplars (''populus'' in Latin language, Latin, ''pioppo'' in Italian) ...

(first plans, 1793; final plans executed 1816–20), creating its elliptical plan and linking it via stairs and terraces with the

Pincio The Pincian Hill (; it, Pincio ; la, Mons Pincius) is a hill in the northeast quadrant of the historical centre of Rome. The hill lies to the north of the Quirinal Hill, Quirinal, overlooking the Campus Martius. It was outside the original bo ...

, including the Casina Valadier (1816 onwards)Casina Valadier
in the

Borghese Gardens Villa Borghese is a landscape garden in Rome, containing a number of buildings, museums (see Galleria Borghese) and attractions. It is the third largest public park in Rome (80 hectares or 197.7 acres) after the ones of the Villa Doria Pamphili an ...

; * Teatro Valle (1819); *

(1822); the first planned suburb of modern Rome (1823–28); **Church of Santa Maria della Salute,

*Restoration of the

, including the outer portion of the arch, and exterior columns)(1821-1822) *opening of

Via di Ripetta, Rome Via di Ripetta, also called Via Ripetta, is a street in the historic centre of Rome (Italy), in the rione Campo Marzio, that links Piazza del Popolo to Via del Clementino and, with other toponyms (Via della Scrofa, Via della Dogana Vecchia), re ...

, via del Babuino, and via della Caserma (1822); **Church of San Rocco, façade, in Ripetta (1831) ** Palazzo Nainer, via del Babuino (1819–21), now a hotel. **79, via del Babuino (1826); the architect's own home. *General plan for the piazza of St John Lateran; He published collections of his designs and drawings: *Giuseppe Valadier, (Architectonic projects), Rome 1807 *Giuseppe Valadier, ''Raccolta delle più insigni fabbriche di Roma antica'', Rome 1810 *Giuseppe Valadier, ''L'Architettura pratica: dettata nella Scuola dell'insigne Accademia di San Luca'', 5 vols, Rome 1828– 1834;

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Neoclassical architect Giuseppe Valadier died on 1st February 1839 in Rome

Giuseppe Valadier (1762—1839)
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