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Lorenzo Nottolini

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202: 25: 166:. By 1810, Nottolini had graduated from studies and was a surveyor. He was recruited at once in the public administration and became assistant of the head engineer. A year later, he obtained a 1500 franc scholarship from Duke Felice Baciocchi, husband of Elisa, and travelled to Bologna and then Florence. He enrolled at the 216:
Nottolini was involved in part of what is described as the Great Project of Tuscany, wherein a number of marshes and swamps were drained to create arable land. In Lucca, the Lake of Bientina or Lake of Sesto were partially drained. The project also involved the architects and engineers from Florence:
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in the hamlet of San Pancrazio above the town of Lucca. He cleared out the Piazza known as Anfiteatro Square in Lucca (1830โ€“1839). He also designed the
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All of his siblings were educated in the same seminary, where three out of five brothers became priests and his sister became a nun.
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Nottolini traveled to Germany and England to study new techniques of bridge construction. He used this knowledge to design the
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Nottolini was involved in the urban renewal of Lucca. For example, the defensive moats were filled in during 1818โ€“1820. The
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The Aqueduct of Nottolini (constructed 1823โ€“1851) is one of his best known works, since it is visible from the
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He was born at Capannori, but lived and mainly worked in Lucca. He is famous for the
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In 1807, one of his teachers, Giovanni Lazzarini, worked for the Duchess of Lucca,
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Leonardo Ximenes, Vittorio Fossombroni and Antonio Manetti.
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and the urban refurbishment of the site known as the
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