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'''Egisto Bracci''' (1 January 1830 in [[Florence]] &ndash; August 1909) was an [[Italy|Italian]] architect, active mainly in Florence, who became resident professor of architecture at the [[Academy of Fine Arts of Florence]] in 1879.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Zz0bAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.''], by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 74.</ref>

He was a colleague of [[Dario Guidotti]] in early education; by age 16, he was apprenticed to the studio of the Sienese architect [[Giovan Battista Silvestri]] (1796-1873), and then with [[Enrico Presenti]]. He worked on projects to decorate the stations of the railroad route of [[Montevarchi]]-[[Arezzo]] and the mines of Tana. Afterward he worked with engineer Del Noce, who was transforming the Palazzo Paggeschi, the Hôtel della Pace in Piazza Manin (now [[Piazza Ognissanti]]). He also worked on the refurbishing of the inn, now Albergo Montebello.

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