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on Wagner's personal invitation, and stayed there until the end of the century. During this period he did not only concentrate his interests on design, but also cultivated his vocation as town planner and passionately devoted himself to teaching. How much he influenced Wagner's book about
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A widely circulated but false story regarding Fabiani is that the young Adolf Hitler once briefly worked in his architecture firm in Vienna. The myth is not supported by any sources, and it appears to have been fabricated in 1966.
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He came from a wealthy family that could afford to provide a good education for its 14 children. He attended elementary school in Kobdilj, and the German and Slovene-language
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and through most of Europe. He was married and had two children; his son Lorenzo Fabiani (1907–1973) was an agronomist and journalist and known anti-fascist.
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During the 1920s, he coordinated a large scale reconstruction of villages and some historical monuments in the areas in the
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Since 2008, the Slovenian highest award for best achievements in urban planning is named after him.
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In 1944, Fabiani relocated back to Gorizia, where he lived until his death on 12 August 1962.
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and the Slovene partisans. His house with its rich archive in Kobdilj was also burnt down.
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in Trieste by the Italian fascists, which he had designed—Fabiani became a member of the
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Breda Mihelič, Urbanistični razvoj Ljubljane (Ljubljana: Partizanska knjiga, 1983), 10.
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Pizzia, Katia. 2001. A City in Search of an Author. London: Sheffield, p. 24.
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Fabiani's first large-scale architectural project was the urban plan for the
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With the personal sponsorship of the Liberal nationalist mayor of Ljubljana
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In late 1935, Fabiani (at age 70) accepted the nomination for mayor (
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origin. He grew up in a cosmopolitan trilingual environment: besides
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On 15 May 1921—less than a year after the burning of the Slovenian
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Upon returning to Vienna, he joined the studio of the architect
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to entrust him with the design for the National Halls in
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Hitler's Vienna: A Portrait of the Tyrant as a Young Man
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The Fabiani Award has been awarded for the third time
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The most notable works designed by Fabiani include:
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the general urban development plan for Venice (1952)
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Ivan Vurnik, slovenski arhitekt - Slovene Architect
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New York: Tauris Parke. p. 198. 925:, Ergon S.r.l, Gorizia (1951) p. 26,27. 889: 507:Revenue Office building (Gorizia, 1903) 473:Palace Portois & Fix (Vienna, 1898) 369:, which was badly damaged by the April 232:Fabiani was born to Antonio Fabiani, a 1409: 1005: 971: 962: 551:The general urban development plan of 244:ancestry, and Charlotte von Kofler, a 1467:People from the Municipality of Komen 1088: 797:Maks Fabiani: Dunaj, Ljubljana, Trst. 1457:Slovenian people of Austrian descent 304:, thus becoming an Italian citizen. 1006:Gombač, Andraž (20 February 2015). 890:Mezinec, Petra (20 February 2015). 564:Felberbaum's home in Gorizia (1925) 561:Pellegrini's home in Gorizia (1922) 13: 1452:Italian people of Austrian descent 651:Ulica Barlickiego 1, Poland (1899) 256:, the language of his family, and 184:architect, born in the village of 14: 1493: 1477:20th-century Slovenian architects 738:Miklošičev park, Ljubljana (1908) 675:Gutenberg monument, Vienna (1900) 292:, and in 1919 one of his pupils, 216:style of architecture (a type of 144:Sacro Cuore metropolitan church, 1343: 770: 758: 743: 731: 719: 704: 699:Linzer Straße 371, Vienna (1902) 692: 687:Piaristengasse 20, Vienna (1901) 680: 668: 656: 644: 632: 461: 450:that had been devastated by the 1472:20th-century Italian architects 1065: 1050: 1034: 1025: 999: 953: 928: 830:Jahresbericht für das Schuljahr 639:Preysinggasse 10, Vienna (1897) 470:Vila Schlegel, Opatija, Croatia 279:Vienna University of Technology 1045:Narodni dom v Trstu, 1904-1920 915: 902: 883: 869: 856: 843:"Fabiani kot mislec in človek" 835: 823: 795:Andrej Hrausky, Janez Koželj: 765:Lehargasse 9–11, Vienna (1913) 726:Wildpretmarkt 1, Vienna (1906) 526:Stabile Palace (Trieste, 1906) 61:County of Gorizia and Gradisca 1: 782: 532:Villa Wechsler (Vienna, 1911) 523:(Ljubljana, unveiled in 1905) 379:Slovene Liberal Nationalists 104:Vienna College of Technology 7: 1447:Vienna Secession architects 558:Villa Bigot (Gorizia, 1921) 139:urban development plan for 10: 1498: 625: 600:- Rome, 10 September 1951. 16:Austrian-Italian architect 1383: 1352: 1341: 1318: 1137: 1122: 972:Hamann, Brigitte (2010). 877:"Kdo je bil Maks Fabiani" 604: 591: 371:1895 Ljubljana earthquake 358:architecture is unknown. 151: 135: 121: 117: 109: 99: 89: 71: 42: 30: 23: 396:facing Prešeren Street ( 365:, now Slovenian capital 313:Italian fascist movement 130:Palace Portois & Fix 349:Urania Palace in Vienna 340: 298:University of Ljubljana 227: 1482:Art Nouveau architects 1442:Historicist architects 1047:(Trieste-Duino, 1995). 777:Bridge in Gratz (1917) 663:Portois, Vienna (1900) 618:) was named after him. 401: 350: 177: 169: 1437:Max Fabiani buildings 1375:Štanjel Parish Church 1127:Administrative seat: 1116:Municipality of Komen 936:"GRADOVI V SLOVENIJI" 862:Janez Koželj et al., 712:Trieste National Hall 452:Battles of the Isonzo 348: 1422:Slovenian architects 1145:Brestovica pri Komnu 567:San Giorgio church ( 535:San Germano church ( 437:University of Vienna 290:University of Vienna 212:, he introduced the 198:Gorizia and Gradisca 160:, commonly known as 1462:People from Gorizia 1365:Komen Parish Church 1180:Gabrovica pri Komnu 923:Lettere ad un amica 610:In 1984, in Vienna 1245:Preserje pri Komnu 351: 158:Maximilian Fabiani 1404: 1403: 1339: 1338: 1057:Katarina Brešan. 521:Prešeren Monument 483:(Ljubljana, 1907) 410:Austrian Littoral 236:latifondist from 200:, in present-day 155: 154: 1489: 1417:Italian fascists 1347: 1200:Klanec pri Komnu 1135: 1134: 1109: 1102: 1095: 1086: 1085: 1079: 1069: 1063: 1062: 1054: 1048: 1038: 1032: 1029: 1023: 1022: 1020: 1018: 1012:Primorske novice 1003: 997: 996: 994: 992: 969: 960: 957: 951: 950: 948: 946: 932: 926: 919: 913: 908:Marco Pozzetto, 906: 900: 899: 896:Primorske novice 887: 881: 880: 873: 867: 860: 854: 853: 851: 849: 839: 833: 827: 821: 816:Marco Pozzetto, 814: 805: 804:, 12 August 2010 792: 774: 762: 747: 735: 723: 708: 696: 684: 672: 660: 648: 636: 574:Ferrari garden ( 539:, Croatia, 1912) 402:Prešernova cesta 302:Kingdom of Italy 214:Vienna Secession 206:Ciril Metod Koch 204:. 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Kobdilj
County of Gorizia and Gradisca
Austrian Empire
Gorizia
Austro-Hungarian
Vienna College of Technology
Urania palace
Palace Portois & Fix
Ljubljana
Gorizia
Italian
Slovene
Italian
Kobdilj
Štanjel
Karst Plateau
Gorizia and Gradisca
Slovenia
Ciril Metod Koch
Ivan Vancaš
Vienna Secession
Art Nouveau
Slovenia
Friulian
Paularo
Bergamasque
Triestine
Tyrolean
Italian

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