Giuseppe Jappelli

Italian architect (1783–1852)

Giuseppe Jappelli; portrait by Michele Fanoli (1807-1876)

Teatro Verdi

Giuseppe Jappelli (14 May 1783 – 8 May 1852) was an Italian neoclassic architect and engineer who was born and died in Venice, which for much of his life was part of the Austrian Empire.^[1] He was the youngest of nine children born to Domenico Jappelli and cousin to Luigi Jappelli, a painter and interior decorator.^[2] He studied at the Clementine Academy in Bologna. In 1836–7, he traveled to France and England, an experience that would be formative on his career as a park architect. His best-known work is the Pedrocchi Café in Padua. Among his other projects are:

Buildings:

• Slaughter-house in Padua (1819–1824), now the Institute of Art
• The Loggia Amulea (1825)
• The University city of Padua (1824)
• The prison in Padua (1822)
• The Pedrocchi Café in Padua (1831)
• The Teatro Verdi in Padua (1847)

Parks:

• Garden with thermal lakes of Castello Palazzo Reale Selvatico
• Garden of Sommi in Torre de' Picenardi (1814)
• Villa Vigodarzere in Saonara (1816)
• Villa Torlonia in Rome (1838–1840)
• Pedrocchino in Padua (1837–1842)
• Treves de'Bonfili Park (1829 - 1835), the first park designed in Padua^[3]

References

1. Emmons, Paul (2012). The Cultural Role of Architecture : Contemporary and Historical Perspectives. Jane Lomholt, John Shannon Hendrix. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis. ISBN 978-1-135-76536-1. OCLC 823379914.
2. "Giuseppe Jappelli". www.histouring.com. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
3. "Treves Park at Padua". Thermae Abano Montegrotto. 2016-05-09. Retrieved 2022-06-03.

External links

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