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Luca Beltrami (November 13, 1854 – August 8, 1933) was an Italian architect and architectural historian, known particularly for
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projects.


Biography

Beltrami was born in
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. He was initially a student at the Politecnico in Milan, then in the
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, where he studied under Camillo Boito. From there he moved to Paris, where he stayed till 1880. He was involved in works at Trocadero an at the Palace of the National Exhibitions. He was able to outscore those taking tests from the Ecole Nationale de Beaux Arts, and distinguished himself at the Salon with designs by
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. He was nominated the second in command as inspector of the works of reconstruction at the Hotel de Ville of Paris. He collaborated with the architect
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in works on the Palace of Justice at
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, Belgium. Returning from Paris in 1880, he won a contest for the Cathedra of Geometry and Descriptive Architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts of Milan. By commission from the Ministry of Public Instruction, he recorded all the reliefs found at the Lazzaretto of Milan; the
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of Milan, and the Rocca of Soncino. He was responsible for the restoration of the Castello Sforzesco. He won a contest to design the Facade of the church of San Sebastiano in
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, and a prize for his second design (submitted from Paris) for the Monument delle Cinque Giornate of
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; and a third place prize for his design of the Hospital General of Charity in
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. He was also responsible for the design and construction of the base of the monument to
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in Milan's Piazza Cordusio. He is buried at the
Cimitero Monumentale di Milano The Cimitero Monumentale ("Monumental Cemetery") is one of the two largest cemeteries in Milan, Italy, the other one being the Cimitero Maggiore. It is noted for the abundance of artistic tombs and monuments. Designed by the architect Carlo Ma ...
.


Honours

* 1896 : member of the
Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium The Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium (french: Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique, sometimes referred to as ') is the independent learned society of science and arts of the French Comm ...
.Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium


See also

* Palazzo delle Assicurazioni Generali (Milan)


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* . (Class notes for a course on the theory and history of architectural restoration.) {{DEFAULTSORT:Beltrami, Luca Architects from Milan 19th-century Italian architects 20th-century Italian architects 1854 births 1933 deaths Italian architectural historians Italian male non-fiction writers Burials at the Cimitero Monumentale di Milano Brera Academy alumni Members of the Royal Academy of Belgium