Luis Andreoni


Luigi Andreoni or Luis Andreoni was an Italian engineer and architect of outstanding performance in Uruguay.

Biography

Educated in Turin, he graduated in 1875 and arrived in Montevideo in 1876. 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, Club Uruguay, Buxareo Palace , Theatre Stella d'Italia and General Artigas Central Railway Station, opened in 1897.
He also had a collection of classical archeology, currently preserved in the Palace Taranco.

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