{{Short description|Italian architect (1913–1988)}} {{infobox person | name = Cesare Ligini | image = Ligini.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1913|10|23}} | birth_place = Rome, Kingdom of Italy | death_date = {{death date and age|1988|||1913|10|23|df=y}} | death_place = Rome, Italy | alma_mater = Sapienza University of Rome | occupation = Architect, urban planner, set designer | party = }} '''Cesare Ligini''' (23 October 1913 – 1988) was an Italian architect, urban planner and set designer.
==Life and career== After graduating in architecture from the University of Rome in 1939, he began working as a set designer. His early exposure to the arts came through his father Alfredo, who built wooden installations for the Quadriennale exhibitions.<ref name=siusa>{{Cite web|url=https://siusa-archivi.cultura.gov.it/cgi-bin/siusa/pagina.pl?TipoPag=prodpersona&Chiave=58193|title=Ligini Cesare|website=siusa.archivi.beniculturali.it|publisher=Sistema Informativo Unificato per le Soprintendenze Archivistiche}}</ref>
Interrupted by World War II, Ligini resumed his career post-war, participating in national architectural competitions and securing prestigious commissions, such as the Olympic Velodrome in Rome.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artribune.com/progettazione/architettura/2021/03/cesare-ligini-storia-italia/|title=Architetti d’Italia. Cesare Ligini, lo sfortunato|first=Luigi|last=Prestinenza Puglisi|work=Artribune|date=23 March 2021}}</ref> From the 1950s to the 1970s, he specialized in sports architecture, co-founding the Studio Tecnico Impianti Sportivi with Dagoberto Ortensi and Silvano Ricci, and designing stadiums, gyms, pools, and the Institute of Sports Medicine in Acqua Acetosa, among others.<ref name=siusa/><ref name=costruita>{{Cite book|first1=Achille Maria|last1=Ippolito|first2=Mauro|last2=Pagnotta|title=Roma costruita. Le vicende, le problematiche e le realizzazioni dell'architettura a Roma dal 1946 al 1981|place=Rome|year=1982|publisher=Palombi|pages=67, 70, 84, 86–87, 99}}</ref><ref name=guida>{{Cite book|first=Irene|last=De Guttry|title=Guida di Roma moderna dal 1870 ad oggi|place=Rome|publisher=De Luca|year=1989|pages=91, 94, 101, 130}}</ref><ref name=dizionario>{{Cite book|title=Dizionario dei monumenti italiani e dei loro autori. Roma dal Rinascimento ai giorni nostri|first=Vittorio|last=Sgarbi|author-link=Vittorio Sgarbi|place=Milan|year=1991|publisher=Bompiani|pages=142–143}}</ref>
His contributions to the postwar redevelopment of Rome include the Ministry of Finance buildings (the "Ligini Towers"), Fiumicino Airport's intercontinental terminal, and the National Committee for Nuclear Energy headquarters at Casaccia.<ref name=costruita/><ref name=guida/><ref name=dizionario/>
Ligini was prolific in designing churches, schools, hospitals, and residential complexes across Italy, as well as urban plans such as the Orte master plan. He was active in professional institutions, serving on the board of the Rome and Lazio Architects' Association and as secretary of the Lazio section of the National Urban Planning Institute (INU).<ref name=siusa/>
In his later years, Ligini returned to his passion for drawing, exhibiting his artworks in Rome in 1982.<ref>{{Cite book|first=Cesare|last=Ligini|title=Catalogo della Mostra tenuta a Roma dal 18 novembre al 4 dicembre 1982|place=Rome|publisher=Galleria d'Arte Trifalco|year=1982}}</ref> He died in 1988 from pulmonary complications.<ref name=siusa/>
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== Sources == *{{Cite book|title=Cesare Ligini architetto|first=Valeria|last=Lupo|place=Rome|publisher=Prospettive Edizioni|year=2014}} *{{Cite book|first=Cesare|last=Ligini|title=Catalogo della Mostra tenuta a Roma dal 18 novembre al 4 dicembre 1982|place=Rome|publisher=Galleria d'Arte Trifalco|year=1982}} *{{Cite book|first1=Achille Maria|last1=Ippolito|first2=Mauro|last2=Pagnotta|title=Roma costruita. Le vicende, le problematiche e le realizzazioni dell'architettura a Roma dal 1946 al 1981|place=Rome|year=1982|publisher=Palombi|pages=67, 70, 84, 86–87, 99}} *{{Cite book|first=Irene|last=De Guttry|title=Guida di Roma moderna dal 1870 ad oggi|place=Rome|year=1989|publisher=De Luca|pages=91, 94, 101, 130}} *{{Cite book|title=Dizionario dei monumenti italiani e dei loro autori. Roma dal Rinascimento ai giorni nostri|first=Vittorio|last=Sgarbi|author-link=Vittorio Sgarbi|place=Milan|year=1991|publisher=Bompiani|pages=142–143}} *{{Cite book|first=Pietro Ostilio|last=Rossi|title=Roma. Guida all'architettura moderna 1909-2000|place=Bari|publisher=Laterza|year=2000|page=123}}
== External links == {{Commons category}} *{{Cite web|url=https://siusa-archivi.cultura.gov.it/cgi-bin/siusa/pagina.pl?TipoPag=prodpersona&Chiave=58193|title=Ligini Cesare|website=siusa.archivi.beniculturali.it|publisher=Sistema Informativo Unificato per le Soprintendenze Archivistiche}} *{{Cite web|url=http://san.beniculturali.it/web/san/dettaglio-soggetto-produttore?id=70211|title=Ligini, Cesare, architetto, (Roma 1913 - Roma 1988)|website=san.beniculturali.it|publisher=Sistema Archivistico Nazionale}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ligini, Cesare}} Category:1913 births Category:1988 deaths Category:20th-century Italian architects Category:Sapienza University of Rome alumni