Leonardo Benevolo

Italian architectural and urban historian (1923–2017).

Born September 25th, 1923 in Orta San Giulio.

Died January 5th, 2017 at 93 years old in Cellatica. [ref]

Occupations
architect, architectural historian, historian of urban planning, university teacher, urban planner, writer
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel