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Calderini, Guglielmo

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CALDERINI, GUGLIELMO. - Architect, b. in Perugia on 3 March 1837, d. in Rome on 12 February 1916.

Professor of architecture first at the Academy of Fine Arts of Perugia, then at Pisa, and finally at Rome. In 1887 he won the competition for the construction of the Palace of Justice in Rome, considered his major work. In Rome he also built the quadriportico of the basilica of St. Paul. In Perugia he built the church of St. Constantius, in Savona the facade of the Cathedral.

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BIBL.: G. B. Milani, Le opere architettoniche di G. C., Milan 1917; A. M. Brizio, Ottocento-Novecento, Turin 1939, pp. 506-507; G. Giovannoni, G. C., in Meridiano di Roma, 11 Oct. 1942, p. 4.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III (1949), col. 338.

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De, Filippis Felice. “Calderini, guglielmo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, col. 338. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/calderini-guglielmo.

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De, Filippis Felice. “Calderini, guglielmo.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 338. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/calderini-guglielmo.

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@incollection{ec3_calderini_guglielmo,
  author    = {De, Filippis Felice},
  title     = {Calderini, guglielmo},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {III},
  pages     = {338},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/calderini-guglielmo}
}

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