Lorenzo Nottolini [SEP] place of death
Lorenzo Nottolini
Lorenzo Nottolini (May 6 1787 – September 12 1851) was an architect and engineer of the Neoclassic style in Lucca.
Biography.
He was born at Capannori, but lived and mainly worked in Lucca and he is famous for the Nottolini aqueduct and the urban refurbishment of the site known as the Piazza Anfiteatro.
All his siblings were educated in the same seminary, where three out of five brothers became priests and his only sister became a nun.
In 1807, one of the teacher of
to the 1st or 2nd century BC) is now some 3 meters below the center. At its peak about 18 rows of amphitheater seats held some 10,000 spectators.
Now an urban square (piazza), surrounded by private residences built using the remaining structures of the Amphitheatre, and occupied by several outdoor cafes, created in 1830 by the architect Lorenzo Nottolini who raised some of the buildings inside the oval. It was originally refurbished to be a marketplace.