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Italian family of artists. Fulvio Irace (b Rome, Sept 15, 1846; d Rome, April 6, 1928). Architect. He received his architectural training at the Pontificia Romana Accademia di S Luca, graduating in 1867; afterwards he practised in Virginia Vespignani’s office in Rome. His unusual and highly eclectic work, influenced by Renaissance Revival architecture and by the innovative work of his French contemporary Charles Garnier, was evident in his first major design, for the Palazzo delle Esposizioni on the Via Nazionale in Rome. In January 1878, Piacentini won the second competition for the Palazzo, the first competition having failed to specify the building’s exact location and the proposed budget. The success of his plan, which bore the motto ‘Sit quod vis simplex et unum’, meant that at the age of 33 Piacentini had already obtained the commission for an important building, the function and location of which, next to the church of S Vitale, earned him considerable fame and prestige. Preceded by a sweeping flight of steps, the façade of the Palazzo is characterized by the great space of the Serlian entrance archway, which, rather than accentuating its role as a triumphal entrance, seems to introduce a dramatic pause in the compact mass that stands behind it. Conscious of the prestige and theatricality of the Palazzo, which was completed in ...