Pietro Avoscani
Pietro Avoscani (born 1816 in Livorno; died 1 March 1891 in Alexandria) was an Italian architect. He emigrated to Egypt in 1837.[1]
The Ras el-Tin Palace in 1931, on the Mediterranean coast in Alexandria, Egypt. The royal summer palace, built in 1847, and used as such until the last king's abdication in 1953.
Buildings
- Palace of Gabbar, 1846–48
- Ras el-Tin Palace, 1847[1]
- Palaces of Abbasiyya and Hilmiyya 1849
- Palaces of Gazira and Chubra, 1860–61
- Khedivial Opera House, 1869
- International Market of Minia al-Bassal/Bourse of Minet el Bassal, 1871
- Zizinia theatre/Theatre Zizinia, 1863[2]
Notes
- Pallini, Cristina. "Italian Architects and Modern Egypt" (PDF). MIT. p. 6. Retrieved 2013-05-15.
- Khalil 2009, p. 40.
Sources
- Khalil, Mohamed Ali Mohamed (2009). The Italian Architecture in Alexandria, Egypt (the conservation of the Italian residential buildings) (M.A.). Kore University of Enna. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
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