Giuseppe Boccini was an Italian architect. He studied architecture in his native Florence, in the Royal Academy of Fine Arts under Emilio De Fabris, and then entered the studio of Mariano Falcini.Treccani Encyclopedia Entry
Volume 11 (1969) by Giacomo Piccardi. He was knighted with the

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, became professor of the Consiglio Accademico of Florence, Correspondent Associate of the Royal Accademia Raffaello of

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, and Honorary Associate of the Institute of Fine Arts in Urbino. He helped design some of the palaces facing the

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. His major works include: *Cassa di Risparmio in

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(1879) *Gothic Funeral Chapel for Nicolaev (1881, Odessa, Russia), commissioned by Admiral General Niccolò Arcas *New Evangelical Cemetery of Florence, outside Porta Romana (Begun 1877) *Episcopal Church in Piazza del Carmine, Florence, 1881 *Gothic Funeral Chapel for the Lodomez family *Cemetery of San Miniato al Monte, Florence (1876) *Gothic Funeral Chapel for Gattai-Budini Family (1881) *Villa (Quattrocento Style), near

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, for Baron Franchetti *Villa of Ernesto Rossi in

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(1887–88).

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''Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.''
by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 59.

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