Enrico Alvino
Architect and urban designer
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| Intro | Architect and urban designer | |
| Places | Italy | |
| was | Architect Urban planner | |
| Work field | Engineering Social science | |
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| Birth | 29 March 1809, Milan, Province of Milan, Lombardy, Italy | |
| Death | 7 June 1872Rome, Province of Rome, Lazio, Italy (aged 63 years) | |
| Star sign | Aries |
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Biography
Enrico Alvino (1809–1872) was an Italian architect and urban designer, particularly active in Naples in the mid-19th century. He was born in Milan, and died in Rome.
Works
Among his important works in Naples are:
- façade of the church of Santa Maria di Piedigrotta (1853);
- laid out (with others) the street, Corso Maria Teresa, today named Corso Vittorio Emanuele (between 1852 and 1860), finished in 1870;
- planned the restoration of the façade of the Cathedral of Naples, completed in 1870;
- redesigned the Santa Lucia quarter in 1862;
- redesigned (with others) the Villa Comunale;
- converted the ancient convent of San Giovanni a Costantinopoli into the Royal Academy of Fine Arts;