Pietro Paolo Kandler (23 May 1804 – 18 January 1872) was an Italian historian, archaeologist and jurist.

Biography

Kandler was born in Trieste to a family who moved there from

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in the 17th century (but of

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descent: the original surname was Chandler) he was multilingual, but preferred to write in

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. Trained in the universities of

and

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, where he studied law, he was one of the top exponents of the Trieste culture in the 19th century. His work is characterized by an

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imprint, derived in particular from the observation of the reforms implemented during the French occupation of Trieste. He was lawyer of his native ''

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'' after the death of Domenico Rossetti De Scander, in whose office he had worked, Kandler was nominated in 1856 conservator of monuments for the

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, the only one that the Hapsburg empire chose for the territories that were later part of

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, of the provinces of

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and

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, and dealt at length with the collection and publication of epigraphs and Roman antiquities present in the north-Adriatic area, with particular regard to the

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s,Robert Matijašić, ''Lo studio dei bolli laterizi romani in Istria dal '700 ad oggi''
pp. 127-132
which

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used for his ''

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''. Among his best-known works are the ''Codice diplomatico istriano'' ("Istrian Diplomatic Code", 1847), in six volumes, in which he collected the statutes of various Istrian cities including Parenzo,

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, Cittanova, and the ''Storia del consiglio dei patrizi di Trieste'' ("History of the council of patricians of Trieste", 1858). Some of his writings bear the

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of ''Giusto Traiber'' and ''Giovannina Bandelli''.

Works available online

''Guida al forestiero nella città di Trieste''
Trieste, Tip. Lloyd Austriaco, 1845 (II ed.)
''Cenni al forestiero che visita Pola''
Trieste, Papsch & C., 1845.
''Pel fausto ingresso di Mons. Ill.mo e Rev.mo D. Bartolomeo Legat vescovo di Trieste e Capodistria...nella sua chiesa di Trieste...''
Trieste, Papsch & C., 1847.
''Fasti sacri e profani di Trieste e dell'Istria''
Trieste, Weis, 1849.
''Notizie storiche di Trieste e guida per la città''
Trieste, Coen, 1851.
''Inscrizioni dei tempi romani rinvenuti nell'Istria''
Trieste, Tip. Lloyd Austriaco, 1855.
''Indicazioni per riconoscere le cose storiche del Litorale''
Trieste, Tip. Lloyd Austriaco, 1855.
''Storia del consiglio dei patrizi di Trieste dall'anno 1382 all'anno 1809''
Trieste, Tip. Lloyd Austriaco, 1858.

References

{{Authority control 1804 births 1872 deaths People from Trieste 19th-century Italian historians