Egisto Bracci (1 January 1830 in

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– August 1909) was an Italian architect, active mainly in Florence, who became resident professor of architecture at the

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in 1879. He was a colleague of Dario Guidotti in early education; by age 16, he was apprenticed to the studio of the Sienese architect Giovan Battista Silvestri (1796-1873), and then with Enrico Presenti. He worked on projects to decorate the stations of the railroad route of

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and the mines of Tana. Afterward he worked with engineer Del Noce, who was transforming the Palazzo Paggeschi, the Hôtel della Pace in Piazza Manin (now Piazza Ognissanti). He also worked on the refurbishing of the inn, now Albergo Montebello. He became a volunteer in the

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, but had to withdraw when he became ill. He returned to Florence, where he worked until 1854 to care for those afflicted during a

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epidemic. Working independently, he designed what is now the Palazzo Levi for the Baron of Vaguonville at

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. He also designed the stables for the banchiere Du Fresne in the fondaci di Santo Spirito and the Palazzo of Ernesto Levi in

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, as well as other buildings for the Levi family.Including the villino Levi in San Domenico di Fiesole. He designed the Palazzo Sariette in via Calzaioli. Later in life, he was knighted by the

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1830 births 1909 deaths Architects from Florence 19th-century Italian architects Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze alumni {{Italy-architect-stub