Beltrami, Luca

ARCHITECT (ITALY)
BORN 13 Nov 1854, Milano, Lombardia - DIED 8 Aug 1933, Roma, Lazio
GRAVE LOCATION Milano, Lombardia: Cimitero Monumentale, Piazzale Cimitero Monumentale (Famedio superiore centrale, sarcofago)

Luca Beltrami sutided at the Politecnico in Milan and under Camillo Boito at the Brera Academy. He moved to Paris, where he stayed until 1880. In Paris he worked at the Trocadero and at the Palace of National Exhibitions. Together with the architect Théodore Ballu he worked on the Palace of Justice in Charleroi in Belgium.

After his return to Italy he worked in Milan where was mostly occupied with restoration works, among them the restoration of the Castello Sforzesco.

Images

The tomb of Luca Beltrami at the Famedio, Cimitero Monumentale, Milan.
Picture by Androom (26 Jan 2007)

 

Sources
Cimitero Monumentale di Milano - Wikipedia


Benatzky, Ralph

Published: 09 Dec 2018
Last update: 09 Dec 2018