Giuseppe Samonà (1898–1983) was an Italian

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and

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, whose notable works include the post office in the Appio quarter of

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(built 1933–6), the

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(1968) and a theatre in

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(1974–9). He also served as director of the Istituto Universitario di Architettura in

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from 1945 to 1971. Italian Hispanist and author

Carmelo Samonà Carmelo Samonà (17 March 1926 – 17 March 1990) was an Italian academic and writer, as well one of the most important Italian Hispanist, Hispanists. Biography He came from the Sicilian aristocratic family Samonà, and was the son of the architec ...

was his son.

References

1898 births 1983 deaths 20th-century Italian architects Italian urban planners Academic staff of the Università Iuav di Venezia {{Italy-architect-stub