Graziano Gasparini

Graziano Gasparini (sometimes referred to as Graciano Gasparini) is a Venezuelan architect and architectural historian.

Gasparini was born in Gorizia, on the Italian–Slovenian border, in 1924. After completing his education in Venice, he was involved with the city's Biennale exhibition which resumed in 1948 after a break caused by Second World War. He first visited Venezuela in 1948 while promoting the Biennale.

He has specialised in restoring Spanish Colonial architecture, while pursuing a parallel career as an architectural historian. The buildings he has worked on include the Bolivarian Museum in Caracas. His scholarship was recognised by the award of a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1987.

Beginning with a survey of Spanish Colonial churches in Venezuela (Templos coloniales de Venezuela. Caracas, 1959), he has published on a variety of topics related to Latin American architecture, including prehispanic and indigenous traditions. Some of his publications have been written jointly with his wife, the anthropologist Luise Margolies. Caracas a través de su arquitectura remains the only compendium on the history of architecture of Venezuela's capital.

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