Giuseppe Pettazzi (3 May 1907 - 8 October 2001) was an

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

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and

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civil engineer of the 1930s. He built many buildings in Eritrea during Italian colonial rule. They included the

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in Asmara, described as "probably the world's most beautiful petrol station, and also one of the world's supreme examples of Futurism". Modelled after an airplane, when it was opened in 1938, workers refused to remove the props for the building's ambitious "wings", and it is claimed Pettazzi forced them to do so at gunpoint.

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20th-century Italian architects Modernist architects Art Deco architects 1907 births 2001 deaths Futurist architects People from Rocchetta Tanaro {{Italy-architect-stub