About Giuseppe Pettazzi
Lived 1907 – 2001 (aged 94). Giuseppe Pettazzi was an Italian civil engineer.
Giuseppe Pettazzi (3 May 1907 - 8 October 2001) was an Italian Art Deco and Futurist civil engineer of the 1930s.
He built many buildings in Eritrea during Italian colonial rule. They included the Fiat Tagliero Building in Asmara, described as "probably the world's most beautiful petrol station, and also one of the world's supreme examples of Futurism". Modelled after an airplane, when it was opened in 1938, workers refused to remove the props for the building's ambitious "wings", and it is claimed Pettazzi forced them to do so at gunpoint.
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Who was Giuseppe Pettazzi?
Italian architect (1907-2001)
When was Giuseppe Pettazzi born?
Giuseppe Pettazzi was born on 3 May 1907 in Milan.
When did Giuseppe Pettazzi die?
Giuseppe Pettazzi died on 8 October 2001 in Rapallo.
What was Giuseppe Pettazzi's occupation?
Giuseppe Pettazzi was a civil engineer.
What nationality was Giuseppe Pettazzi?
Giuseppe Pettazzi was Italian.
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