Pietro Saccardo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetPietro Saccardo
Italian architect
Date of Birth: 28-Sep-1830
Place of Birth: Venice, Venetian Province, Italy
Date of Death: 01-Jan-1903
Profession: architect, engineer
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Pietro Saccardo
- Pietro Saccardo (Venice, September 28, 1830 – Chirignago, November 19, 1903) was an Italian architect. He was born and resided in Venice.
- Among his works in Venice, in 1881, are restorations of Villa Pisani in Mirano; and a Belltower and church of Chirignago, one of the mainland boroughs of Venice; and the Colonia Agricola Astori in Milan.From 1887 to 1902, he was proto or architect of the Basilica of St Mark and the Scuola di San Rocco in Venice.
- He restored many of the mosaics in the basilica.
- His assistant with wall paintings was Pietro Roi.
- Saccardo was blamed for not preventing the collapse of the St Mark's Campanile in 1902.
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