Famedio, Pistoia

The initial design was far grander, but the tumultuous events of the Napoleonic wars interrupted construction, such that it was not complete until the early 1820s in a much reduced scale.^[1] The design was by Cosimo Rossi Melocchi.^[2] The architecture has simple tapering Doric columns, that recall Egyptian temple columns, under rusticated temple facade with two angelic figures holding a central wreath around a checkered pattern, symbol of Pistoia. Melocchi would repeat his plans for a Pantheon in Villa Puccini a Scornio.^[3] For some years, the site was used as a cafe.

43°56′09″N 10°54′37″E / 43.935803°N 10.910228°E / 43.935803; 10.910228