Virgilio d'Oro to Federico Bucci

The “Edicola di Virgilio in Oro” has been awarded for 2023 to the memory of Professor Federico Bucci.

The Mayor of Mantova, Mattia Palazzi, and the President of the City Council, Massimo Allegretti, presented this recognition to Emanuela Bergomi, the wife of Professor Bucci.

The reasons for the award include his passion for the history of architecture and his commitment to strengthening the Mantova Campus, of which he was Vice rector from 2011 to 2023.

The “Edicola di Virgilio in Oro” is awarded to individuals from Mantova, whether by birth or adoption, who have in any way benefited the city. This can be by enhancing its prestige through their personal qualities or by selflessly serving its various institutions.

Biographical note on Federico Bucci

Federico Bucci (Foggia, 1959 - Verona, 2023) was full professor of “History of architecture” at the Politecnico di Milano, where he also held the position of Delegate of the Rector for Archives and the Library, Vice rector of the Mantova Campus and director of the UNESCO Chair in Architectural Preservation and Planning in World Heritage Cities.

He was also visiting professor at Texas A&M University, the Institute of Architecture in Moscow, the Universidad de Los Andes di Merida, Venezuela, the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and the ETSAB of Barcelona. He worked at the archives of Albert Kahn Inc. (Detroit) and at the CCA (Montreal). He was a member of the American Society of Architectural Historians and took part in numerous national and international conventions.

He organised exhibitions on Italian architecture and published many volumes including: Albert Kahn: architect of Ford, New York 1993; Luigi Moretti. Opere e scritti, Milano 2000; Franco Albini, Milano 2010. He worked in the editing offices of “Domus”, “Quaderni di architettura”, “Rassegna”, “L’architettura. Cronache e storia” and held the role of editor of “Casabella”.