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Giuseppe Valadier
Giuseppe Valadier (April 14, 1762 – February 1, 1839) was an Italian architect and designer, urban planner and archeologist, a chief exponent of Neoclassicism in Italy.
Biography.
The son of a goldsmith, Luigi (1726–1785), Valadier was born in Rome in 1762. He also occasionally provided designs for silver, such as the "York Chalice" for Henry Cardinal York (1800–01) , the grand silver table service for Monsignor Antonio Odescalchi (1795–97) and the similar Rospigliosi-Pallavicini
via del Babuino (1826); the architect's own home.
- General plan for the piazza of St John Lateran;
He published collections of his designs and drawings: 
- Giuseppe Valadier, (Architectonic projects), Rome 1807
- Giuseppe Valadier, "Raccolta delle più insigni fabbriche di Roma antica", Rome 1810
- Giuseppe Valadier, "L'Architettura pratica: dettata nella Scuola dell'insigne Accademia di San Luca", 5 vols, Rome 1828– 1834;
Further reading.
- Paolo Marconi