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Augusto Benvenuti
Augusto Benvenuti (January 8, 1839 – February 7, 1899) was an Italian sculptor, born and active in Venice and the Veneto. 
Biography.
Born to a poor family, he was apprenticed first as a wood engraver, where he learned also to sculpt. Among his works are the "Monument to Giorgione" (1878) in Castelfranco Veneto, the "Monument to Vittorio Emanuele" (1887) in Vicenza, the "Monument to the Army" (1885) in the Riva degli
in the Cathedral).
The cappella saw rotations of Kappellmeister such as Giovanni Francesco Beccatelli (1679-1734), Giuseppe Becherini (1758-1840), Augusto Borgioli (1821-1879), Luigi Borgioli (1864-1939) whose works are conserved in the Historical Archive of the Cappella of the Duomo, together with the works of the most performed artists of the different time periods (Giovan Carlo Maria Clari, Nicola Benvenuti, Giuseppe Gherardeschi). In 1981, The Historical Diocesan Archive also gathered the materials of