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engineer and architect

Luigi Andreoni or Luis Andreoni was an Italian engineer and architect of outstanding performance in Uruguay. His most notable works are Ospedale Italiano Umberto I, Club Uruguay, Buxareo Palace, Theatre Stella d'Italia, and Montevideo Central Railway Station. He also had a collection of classical archeology, currently preserved in the Palace Taranco.

Background

Luigi Andreoni or Luis Andreoni (Vercelli, Italy, October 7, 1853 – Montevideo, May 20, 1936) was an Italian engineer and architect of outstanding performance in Uruguay. He was a distinguished representative of historical eclecticism in Montevideo. His most notable works are Ospedale Italiano Umberto I, Club Uruguay, Buxareo Palace, Theatre Stella d'Italia, and Montevideo Central Railway Station.

Education

Educated in Turin, he graduated in 1875 and arrived in Montevideo in 1876.

Career

He was a distinguished representative of historical eclecticism in Montevideo,. Looking to Europe as a model, Andreoni enriched the city with the seal of the belle époque. Of note are Ospedale Italiano Umberto I (1884-1890), Club Uruguay (1888), Buxareo Palace (about 1890) (current French Embassy), Theatre Stella d'Italia (1895) (now Teatro La Gaviota) and Montevideo Central Railway Station, opened in 1897.

Works

  • building

    • Montevideo Central Railway Station

      (Estación Central General Artigas is the former central ra...)

      1897
    • Ospedale Italiano Umberto I (1884-1890)

      (Italian Hospital of Montevideo. The hospital is built in...)

    • Buxareo Palace

      (current French Embassy)

      1890
    • Theatre Stella d'Italia

      (now Teatro La Gaviota)

      1895
All works