Giuseppe Terragni, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Giuseppe Terragni

Italian architect

Date of Birth: 18-Apr-1904

Place of Birth: Meda, Lombardy, Italy

Date of Death: 19-Jul-1943

Profession: architect, urban planner

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Giuseppe Terragni (Italian: [d?u'z?ppe ter'ra??i]; 18 April 1904 – 19 July 1943) was an Italian architect who worked primarily under the fascist regime of Benito Mussolini and pioneered the Italian modern movement under the rubric of Rationalism.
His most famous work is the Casa del Fascio built in Como, northern Italy, which was begun in 1932 and completed in 1936; it was built in accordance with the International Style of architecture and frescoed by abstract artist Mario Radice.
In 1938, at the behest of Mussolini's fascist government, Terragni designed the Danteum, an unbuilt monument to the Italian poet Dante Alighieri structured around the formal divisions of his greatest work, the Divine Comedy.