Giuseppe Venanzio Marvuglia

Giuseppe Venanzio Marvuglia ( born February 6, 1729 Palermo, † December 19, 1814 ) was an Italian architect of the late baroque and early classicism.

From 1747 to 1759 Marvuglia studied in Rome where he won second prize in 1758 the competition of the Accademia di San Luca. 1759, he returned with a neoclassical influenced education back to Sicily.

He taught at the Università degli Studi di Palermo from 1780 to 1805, where he held the Chair of " Practical Geometry, Civil and Hydraulic Architecture ", which was founded in 1779 within the Faculty of Arts.

Work

• Oratorio di San Filippo in Palermo (1760 )
• Renovation and expansion of Abazzia di S. Martino delle Scale, Library ( 1733)
• Chiesa di San Francesco di Sales (1772-1778)
• Execution of the Albergo dei Poveri in Palermo together with N. Puglia
• Villa Villa Rosa in Bagheria end of the 18th century
• Palazzo Geraci and Palazzo Ventimiglia, also known as Riso, Palermo (1784 )
• Caldarium and tepidarium of the Botanical Garden of Palermo (1789-1795)
• Palazzina Cinese in Palermo (1790)
• Project for reconstruction of the Convento di San Giuseppe dei Teatini for the benefit of the University of Palermo
• Palazzina della Ficuzza
• Design of the Piazza Caracciolo alla Vucciria in Palermo
• Addition of a portico at the Monte di Pietà in Palermo

Awards

• Second Prize of the Concorso Clementino