Pio Piacentini was an Italian architect, the father of Marcello Piacentini

Marcello Piacentini

Marcello Piacentini was an Italian architect and urban theorist.-Biography:Born in Rome, he was the son of architect Pio Piacentini...

. He is best known for his Palazzo delle Esposizioni

Palazzo delle Esposizioni

The Palazzo delle Esposizioni is a neoclassical exhibition hall, cultural center and museum on Via Nazionale in Rome.Designed by Pio Piacentini, it opened in 1883. It has housed several exhibitions The Palazzo delle Esposizioni is a neoclassical exhibition hall, cultural center and museum on Via...

 in Rome.

Life

He was born in Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

 and trained in the Academy of St. Luke.

Piacentini worked most in Rome. His works include the Palazzo delle Esposizioni

Palazzo delle Esposizioni

The Palazzo delle Esposizioni is a neoclassical exhibition hall, cultural center and museum on Via Nazionale in Rome.Designed by Pio Piacentini, it opened in 1883. It has housed several exhibitions The Palazzo delle Esposizioni is a neoclassical exhibition hall, cultural center and museum on Via...

 (1883), the Rinascente palace (1920), the monumental entrance to Villa Sciarra

Villa Sciarra

The Villa Sciarra is a villa in Frascati, Italy.Also called Villa Bel Poggio, the Villa Sciarra was built in 1570 at the orders of Ottaviano Vestri.The portal gate of the gardens is to ascribe to Nicola Salvi...

, Palazzo Piacentini (finished after his death, in 1932) and others. He also directed the construction works of the Vittoriano since 1905, together with Manfredo Manfredi and Gaetano Koch

Gaetano Koch

Gaetano Koch was an Italian architect.He made his name above all with several major works in Rome - Palazzo Koch, seat of the Banca d'Italia, and the two porticoed palazzi which form Piazza della Repubblica, and the central Piazza Vittorio.His mark can also be seen in Rome's Palazzo Mengarini and...

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He was the father of architect Marcello Piacentini

Marcello Piacentini

Marcello Piacentini was an Italian architect and urban theorist.-Biography:Born in Rome, he was the son of architect Pio Piacentini...

. He died in Rome in 1928.