Leonardo Benevolo

Leonardo Benevolo (born 1923, Orta San Giulio, Italy) is an Italian architectural and urban historian. Benevolo studied architecture in Rome where he graduated in 1946. Later taught history of architecture in Rome, Florence, Venice and Palermo. His book Storia dell'archittetura moderna (History of Modern Architecture) first published in 1960 has been reprinted 18 times, as of 1996, and translated into six other languages.