This architect from Salerno, a pupil of Antonio Niccolini, was the greatest exponent of Neapolitan neoclassicism. After studying architecture at the Institute of Fine Arts, he completed his training in Rome by attending the national art scholarship classes at his own expense. On his return to Naples, in 1824-5 he was appointed architect to the Royal House and professor at the Royal Institute of Fine Arts. His most challenging work was the refurbishment of the Royal Palace in Naples, for which he employed a richer repertoire inspired by the early imperial style. During the 1840s, he performed major restorations to the Churches of Santa Chiara, Santa Maria di Monteverginella and Donnaromita in Naples and in various aristocratic palazzi: Palazzo Satriano on Riviera di Chiaia street; Palazzo Corigliano di Sangro in Piazza S. Domenico Maggiore; Palazzo Orsini di Gravina; and Villa Pignatelli, in Chiaia. He also worked on the Royal Palace of Caserta, where he completed the Throne Room and made the sedia volante, a kind of lift designed at the request of King Ferdinand II of Bourbon.