Pietro Avoscani (born 1816 in
Livorno
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; died 1 March 1891 in
Alexandria
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) was an
Italian
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designer and
architect
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. He emigrated to
Egypt
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in 1837.
Buildings
* Palace of Gabbar, 1846–48
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Ras el-Tin Palace, 1847
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* Palaces of Abbasiyya and Hilmiyya 1849
* Palaces of Gazira and Chubra, 1860–61
* ]Khedivial Opera House
The Khedivial Opera House or Royal Opera House ( / ALA-LC: ''Dār Awbirā al-Khudaywī'') was an opera house in Cairo, Egypt, the oldest opera house in all of Africa. It was inaugurated on 1 November 1869 and it burned down on 28 October 1971.
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, 1869
* International Market of Minia al-Bassal/Bourse of Minet el Bassal, 1871
* Zizinia theatre/Theatre Zizinia, 1863
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See also
* Italian Egyptians
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* Muhammad Ali dynasty
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People from Livorno
19th-century Italian architects
Artists from the Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Immigrants to Egypt
Architects from Tuscany
Egyptian architects
1816 births
1891 deaths