Giuseppe Sacconi

He was also a restorer of some famous monuments.

Giuseppe Sacconi studied at G. Montani, Istituto Tecnico Tecnologico Girolamo e Margherita Montani and Academy of Fine Arts of Rome. Training under Luca Carimini is recorded. Guido Cirilli is recorded as having studied under Giuseppe Sacconi. The recorded working language is Italian. The field of work recorded is architecture. Positions recorded include member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy. Works named in the authority record are Altare della Patria. Work by Giuseppe Sacconi is recorded in the collections of Museo del Prado.

• Name — Giuseppe Sacconi • Born — 5 July 1854 • Birthplace — Montalto delle Marche • Died — 23 September 1905 • Place of death — Collegigliato, Pistoia • Known for — Architecture • Movement — neoclassicism • Illustration — Victor Emmanuel II monument

In 1884, Sacconi won the competition to design the Victor Emanuel II Monument in Rome, and began building in the following year, though it was not finished until several years after his death. The monument celebrates the Risorgimento and the battles for national unity, has neoclassical and eclectic style, with many works of art that are affected by the Art Nouveau; it is today seen by the most up-to-date art critics as an important step in the search for a national style, which was to characterize the Kingdom of Italy recently established. Although the monument to Vittorio Emanuele was generally immediately appreciated for its artistic value, some art scholars expressed criticisms of the monument style. Sacconi served as Superintendent of Monuments for Ascoli Piceno and Umbria from 1891 till 1905. But he remained active in the restoration of buildings in the Italian capital Rome. Sacconi worked on the restoration of the Basilica di Loreto, a work in which he aimed to remove all baroque and other changes and additions, and restore the original form to the entire building. He also made the design for the Expiatory Chapel of Monza and restored the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi and the Ancona Cathedral. He died in Collegigliato, Pistoia.

During the fascist-era the Victor Emanuel II Monument would become the main scene of Mussolini's regime. In the 1970s, this greatly contributed to the general downgrading of the monument. Starting from the 2000s, the Vittoriano has been rediscovered in its artistic, historical and symbolic values. It is one of national symbols of Italy.

Giuseppe Sacconi worked in architecture. His work is associated with Neoclassicism. Recorded position is member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy. He belonged to Accademia delle Arti del Disegno.