Leonardo Benevolo

Leonardo Benevolo was an Italian writer, architect, architectural historian, university teacher, historian of urban planning and urban planner (1923–2017). He was born at Orta San Giulio and died at Cellatica.

Leonardo Benevolo in brief

Born
1923
Died
2017
Known for
writer, architect, university teacher, urban planner and historian
Place of birth
Orta San Giulio
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Career and activity

He was employed by University of Palermo, Sapienza University of Rome and University of Florence. He belonged to Accademia delle Arti del Disegno. He worked at Palermo, Florence and Rome.

Catalogued works

39 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library and Wellcome Collection.

Le origini dell'urbanistica moderna. L'architettura della Valsesia superiore durante l'età barocca. I confini del paesaggio umano. Ascoli Piceno. La Chiesa parrocchiale di Campertogno. Tārīkh-i shahr. L'esperienza della meraviglia. History of Modern Architecture. Metamorfosi della città. Principii e forme della città. Storia dell'architettura del Rinascimento. Una introduzione all'architettura. Introduzione all'architettura. La città europea fuori d'Europa. L'architettura delle città nell'Italia contemporanea. L'Italia da costruire. Le avventure della città. Studio territoriale sulla regione marsicana. Roma da ieri a domani. Storia della città. Umbria. Il probelema dei pavimenti borrominiani in bianco e nero. Laboratorio comune. L'architettura nel nuovo millennio. Quale Venezia? Durabilità e patrimonio. Indagine su Santo Spirito di Brunelleschi. La città italiana nel Rinascimento ... Die sozialen Ursprünge des modernen Städtebaus. Corso di disegno per i licei scientifici. Historia de la arquitectura moderna. [Versión española da María Castaldi y Jesús Fernández Santos]. La città e l'architetto. Corso di disegno per le scuole medie superiori. The origins of modern town planning. Brescia, S. [San] Polo. Storia dell'architettura moderna. Orígenes del urbanismo moderno. Architecture of the Renaissance. The history of the city / Leonardo Benevolo ; translated by Geoffrey Culverwell., dated 1980, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

11 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Leonardo Benevolo, un maestro da non dimenticare e da non stravolgere. Leonardo Benevolo, un maestro da non dimenticare e da non tradire, ARCHIVIO DI STUDI URBANI E REGIONALI, 2017. Benevolo Leonardo — The Origins of Town Planning, Population, 1968. 1960 Leonardo Benevolo, Mies van der Rohe Barcelona-Pavillon, 2020. Benevolo Leonardo — La ville dans l'histoire européenne, Population, 1996. L’UCRONIA COSTRUITA DI LEONARDO BENEVOLO. IL RUOLO DELL’URBANIZZAZIONE PUBBLICA NEL PROGETTO DI SAN POLO A BRESCIA, Proyecto, Progreso, Arquitectura, 2022. América Latina y la historiografía de arquitectura del siglo XX, Anales del Instituto de Arte Americano e Investigaciones Estéticas "Mario J. Buschiazzo", 2025. Municipal Development Plan, Acerra (Naples), Italian Journal of Planning Practice, 2014. Exportar el casco antiguo, A&P Continuidad, 2018. Modern Urban Planning and Dissonant Heritage: The Case of San Polo, Meno Istorija ir Kritika, 2020. Some reflections on practice, Italian Journal of Planning Practice, 2014. La Bienal de Venecia y sus ciudades, Anales de Historia del Arte, 2015.

Digitised editions and texts

4 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

História Da Cidade (2011) — Internet Archive. History of Modern Architecture Vol. Two (1971) — Internet Archive. History of Modern Architecture Vol. One (1971) — Internet Archive. The Origins of Modern Town Planning (1967) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 15 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Leonardo Benevolo studied at Sapienza University of Rome. the recorded working language is Italian.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Palermo, Florence and Rome. Employment is recorded with University of Palermo, Sapienza University of Rome and University of Florence. Membership is recorded of Accademia delle Arti del Disegno.

Distinctions recorded are Gold Medal of the Italian Order of Merit for Culture and Art.

Chronology

  1. 1923Leonardo Benevolo born at Orta San Giulio.
  2. 1967The Origins of Modern Town Planning digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1971History of Modern Architecture Vol. Two digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1971History of Modern Architecture Vol. One digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 2011História Da Cidade digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 2017Leonardo Benevolo died at Cellatica.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    “Leonardo Benevolo”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1246708: Leonardo Benevolo

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