Luigi Andreoni or Luis Andreoni (

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, Italy, October 7, 1853 –

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, May 20, 1936) was an Italian engineer and architect of outstanding performance in

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Educated in

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, he graduated in 1875 and arrived in Montevideo in 1876. He was a distinguished representative of historical eclecticism in Montevideo. Looking to Europe as a model, Andreoni enriched the city with the seal of the belle époque. Of note are Ospedale Italiano Umberto I (1884-1890),

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(1888), Buxareo Palace (about 1890) (current French Embassy), Theatre Stella d'Italia (1895) (now Teatro La Gaviota) and General Artigas Central Railway Station, opened in 1897. He also had a collection of classical archeology, currently preserved in the Palace Taranco.

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