Pierro Arrigoni

Pietro Arrigoni (August 9, 1856 – 1940) was an Italian architect from Milan, mostly known for his work in the city of Thessaloniki in northern Greece.

Life Arrigoni was born in 1856 in Milan. He studied architecture at the Accademia Reale di Belle Arti, where he won a prize for his Palazzo design.

In 1890 he settled in Thessaloniki. He was hired by the "Compagnie de Tramways et d' Éclairage Électrique de Salonique". In 1894, he designed the city's railway station. Along with the works of Alexandre Vallaury, Arrigoni's project introduced new construction technologies and helped disseminate the use of concrete and iron structures in the Ottoman Empire. He is buried in the Catholic cemetery of St Vincent in Thessaloniki.

The Thessaloniki poet Kostis Moskof was his grandson.

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