Damiani Almeyda, Giuseppe (1834-1911)
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Università degli Studi di Palermo
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Giuseppe Damiani Almeyda was born in Capua on 10 February 1834 to Felice, a native of Palermo and a battalion commander in the Bourbon army, and to the noblewoman of Portuguese origin Maria Carolina Almeyda. After the death of his father, he was directed, like his older brother (an engineer of Bridges and Roads in Sicily), toward the profession of architect‑engineer. He entered the School of Bridges and Roads in Naples in 1853 and graduated in 1859; in that same year he became an engineer of Bridges and Roads in Palermo, and was later assigned to the study of the Calabro‑Sicilian railways in Messina. In 1863 he was appointed district engineer for the municipality of Palermo, where he carried out numerous important works. He also practiced outside the public administration. Among his works are the designs for the Politeama “Garibaldi” Theatre (1865–1891), the restoration of the City Hall (1865–1869), the four kiosks of Villa Giulia (1865–1869), the “Almeyda” Hall of the Municipal Historical Archive of Palermo (1883–1885), the municipal theatre of Syracuse (1878–1897), and the Florio House on the island of Favignana (1875–1879). He was one of the founders, together with Michele Capitò, Giovanni Salemi Pace, Carlo Giovanni Pintacuda and others, of the Mathematical Circle of Palermo, based on an idea by Giovanni Battista Guccia. At the School of Application for Engineers of the University of Palermo, Damiani Almeyda served as full professor of Ornamental Drawing and Elementary Architecture. He trained several generations of Palermo architects, including Francesco Paolo Palazzotto and Antonio Zanca, the latter succeeding him after his death, which occurred in Palermo on 31 January 1911. He is buried in the Sant’Orsola cemetery.
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