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Rafael Rebecchi (died 1922) was an architect in Rio de Janeiro. He designed several buildings for the Brazilian National Exposition of 1908 in Rio de Janeiro. [1] He was also involved with a rebuilding project at the Old Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro. He won a facades competition for the design of 119 buildings along a street. He was Italian. [2] Rebecchi was also the architect in charge of renovating the Brazilian National Archives. The renovation was completed in 1906. [3]
The Minas Geraes building was designed Rebecchi. It had interior murals by Crispim do Amaral including a series personifying agriculture, mineralogy, manufactures and the liberal arts. Exhibits included aspects of gold and diamond mining including a small quartz crushing machine and gold-washing machinery with washers and miners demonstrating the processes involved. [4]
The Bahia state pavilion occupied 54,359 square feet [5] and was designed by Rebecchi. [2] It displayed artwork by Jose Rodrigues Nunes, Bento Capinam, Macario, and Victor Meirelles, and its external sculpture was by Rodolfo Bernardelli. [2]
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