Luigi Andreoni or Luis Andreoni (Vercelli, Italy, October 7, 1853 – Montevideo, May 20, 1936) was an Italian engineer and architect of outstanding performance in Uruguay.
Educated in Turin, he graduated in 1875 and arrived in Montevideo in 1876.
Looking to Europe as a model, Andreoni enriched the city with the seal of the belle époque.
Of note are Ospedale Italiano Umberto I (1884-1890), Club Uruguay (1888), Buxareo Palace (about 1890) (current French Embassy), Theatre Stella d'Italia (1895) (now Teatro La Gaviota) and General Artigas Central Railway Station, opened in 1897.
[1] He also had a collection of classical archeology, currently preserved in the Palace Taranco.