Ennemond Alexandre Petitot (1727-1801) was a French-born architect, mainly active in the Duchy of Parma.

Biography

He was born in

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

in 1727, and by 1741, he had joined the studio of the architect Jacques Soufflot. From there he moved to study at the

Académie d'Architecture An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

in Paris. From there he moved under a grant to study architecture in Rome, and was there recruited by the prime minister

Guillaume du Tillot Léon Guillaume (du) Tillot (22 May 1711 in Bayonne – 13 December 1774 in Paris) was a French politician infused with liberal ideals of the Enlightenment, who from 1759 was the minister of the Duchy of Parma under Philip, Duke of Parma and his ...

to become the architect of the recently installed Bourbon Dukes in Parma. His projects envisioning updating the Duchy along the lines of the Neoclassical style regnant in France. Many of his ambitious projects have either been reduced, razed, or remained unfinished. He also published series of engravings on various designs for architectural decoration. Among his architectural projects in the Duchy of Parma *Venaria (Ducal hunting lodge) at Colorno (1753) *Apartments (1755) and staircase for

Ducal Palace of Colorno The Ducal Palace, also known as Reggia di Colorno, is an edifice in the territory of Colorno, Emilia Romagna, Italy. The palace we see today was refurbished by Francesco Farnese, Duke of Parma in the early 18th century on the remains of a former ...

*Sculptural Vases for Ducal Garden in Parma (1754), collaboration with the French sculptor Jean Baptiste Boudard (1710-1768) similar to those found in gardens at

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*Loggia at theater at

Ducal Palace of Parma The Ducal Palace of Parma () was a neoclassical palace in Parma, Italy. It was located on the west side of the Piazzale della Pace. Between its construction and 1859, it was the residence of the Dukes of Parma. After 1859, it became the prefect ...

with Boudard (1760) * A design for the reconstruction of the Ducal Palace of Parma (1766-1769), started but not completed *Facade of the church of San Pietro (1761-1762) *Plans for boulevard-promenade (1763) along what is now Stradone Martiri della Liberta (at the time, he name had changed from the Stradone Farnese to Stradone Borbone); it was to be marked at the ends by two architectural units: **At the Western end, ant the intersection with Strada Firini, a ''Colonna Borbone'' (Bourbon column), a 90-foot monumental free-standing doric column topped by Bourbon coat of arms **At the Eastern end, the still-extant Casino del Caffè, now Casino Petitot designed as fashionable meeting spot, but now somewhat isolated in a traffic circle *Ara Amicitiae monument (1769, since destroyed) *Designs for Biblioteca Palatina (1766), completed by Drugman *Temple of Arcadia in the Gardens of Colorno (1769) With the fall of minister du Tillot, and later the dislocations occurring Northern Italy after the French Revolution, the influence and scope of commissions for Petitot waned. He kept a teaching appointment at the

Academy of Fine Arts of Parma The Accademia di Belle Arti di Parma (Academy of Fine Arts of Parma) is an artistic institution in the city of Parma, Italy. It is presently located in a wing of the Palazzo della Pilotta The Palazzo della Pilotta is a complex of edifices loca ...

.Fondazione Cariparma
biography prepared for exhibit in memory of the 200th anniversary of his death: ''E. A. Petitot nel bicentenario della morte: I disegni nella collezione della Fondazione Cariparma'', held at , Parma, in 2002. He died in his house in Marore, where he had built a small private theater (teatrino
Beni Culturali, Emilia Romagna
Teatrino di villa Petitot, Marore.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Petitot, Ennemond Alexandre 18th-century French architects 18th-century Italian architects Architects from Lyon Italian neoclassical architects Prix de Rome for architecture 1727 births 1801 deaths