Pietro Paolo Floriani
Pietro Paolo Floriani | |
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Born | 26 April 1585 |
Died | 27 May 1638 | (aged 53)
Nationality | Italian |
Pietro Paolo Floriani (26 April 1585 – 27 May 1638) was an Italian engineer and architect who designed military and theatrical buildings.[1]
Life and work
Floriani was born on 26 April 1585 in the town of Macerata to Pompeo Floriani and Claudia Rotelli. In 1606 he married Maria Fedeli, but she died in 1608 while giving birth to their daughter Camilla. In 1608 he went to Crema where he was employed by the governor of the city Orazio del Monte. In 1611 he went to Pesaro, and by July 1612 he was already highly regarded among the gentlemen of Macerata.[2]
In autumn 1612 Floriani settled in
He then had a successful military career and was eventually appointed as a warden in Castel Sant'Angelo in December 1627. He then married Lucrezia Gardina, the widow of Lorenzo Costa. In early 1629 he was appointed by Carlo Barberini and so he went to Ferrara, and he also worked for Pope Urban VIII.[2]
In 1635, the
In 1637 he went to Rome and to his hometown Macerata, before being called back to Ferrara. He died there on 27 May 1638. Floriani had written his will in 1632 in which he asked to be buried with his brother Felice who had died in 1630 at the church of Santa Croce in Macerata. The church was later destroyed by the French in 1799.[3]
Legacy
Floriani is a key figure in his native town of Macerata and throughout the region of the Marche due to his multifaceted personality which is revealed in two of his annotated manuscripts from the Compagnoni Floriani di Macerata with sketches of theatrical scenes.[2]
He is also widely remembered as an architect for designing the Floriana Lines and being the namesake of Floriana. In 2006, a documentary was made about his life, although it included some fictional elements as well.[4]
The town of Floriana was twinned with Macerata in 2007. The Floriana Local Council also built a statue of the architect in Pjazza Robert Samut. The monument was designed by a young Maltese architect Chris Ebejer and was unveiled on 17 April 2009 by the Mayor of Floriana Nigel Holland, in the presence of the Mayor of Macerata, Giorgio Meschini and Countess Carla Compagnoni Floriani, a descendant of the engineer, and other guests.[5]
References
- ISBN 9781860113659.
- ^ a b c d e Spadoni, Domenico (1939). "Nel centenario dell'Architetto delle "Floriane"" (PDF). Archivio Storico di Malta (ASM) (in Italian). 10 (1): 48–52.
- ^ FLORIANI, Pietro Paolo. Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 48 (1997). Retrieved 14 June 2014.
- ^ "Pietro Paolo Floriani: A documentary". The Malta Independent. 10 March 2006. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
- ^ The Floriani Monument Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine. Floriana Local Council. Retrieved 14 June 2014.