Pio Piacentini

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Piacentini (center), with fellow architects Gaetano Koch (left) and Manfredo Manfredi(right)

Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome

Pio Piacentini (5 September 1846 – 4 April 1928) was an Italian architect, the father of Marcello Piacentini. He is best known for his Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome.

Life[]

He was born in Rome and trained in the Academy of St. Luke.

Piacentini worked most in Rome. His works include the Palazzo delle Esposizioni (1883), the palace (1920), the monumental entrance to Villa Sciarra, (finished after his death, in 1932) and others. He also directed the construction works of the Vittoriano since 1905, together with Manfredo Manfredi and Gaetano Koch.

He was the father of architect Marcello Piacentini. He died in Rome in 1928.

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