Luigi Canina

Luigi Canina (Casale Monferrato, 1795 – Florence, 1856) was an Italian archaeologist and architect.

Luigi Canina, an Italian architect and archaeologist, was born in Casale Monferrato in 1795 and died in Florence in 1856.

Among his works are: some construction at the Villa Borghese (monumental neoclassical propylaea from Piazzale Flaminio); Casino Vagnuzzi outside of Porta del Popolo in Egyptian style; not realized projects for reconstruction of the sanctuary of Oropa (1856).

Canina is also noted for his studies of history and archaeology: Ancient architecture described and represented in documents (1830–44).

A column opposite the basilica of Saint Sebastian on the Appian Way close to Rome records Canina's work in rescuing many Roman ruins and turning the road into the archaeological park that it is today.

Villa Borghese: monumental entrance from Piazzale Flaminio
A wall of fragments assembled by Canina on the Appian Way next to the Casal Rotondo