Florestano Di Fausto belongs to the record of technology as a figure whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists Florestano Di Fausto as Italianarchitect, engineer and politician (1890-1965).
Florestano Di Fausto was born at Rocca Canterano in 1890. His recorded nationality is Italy. He was educated at Sapienza University of Rome.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, national institutions, mass media and mass politics changed both the scale of a career and its risks.
He worked as engineer, architect and politician.
His name is attached above all to building designs in the Italian overseas territories around the Mediterranean. Technology is judged by adoption: an invention nobody uses is a curiosity.
That the work was done from Italy matters. Opportunity has never been evenly distributed, and where a person is based shapes which doors open and whose work gets seen.
Florestano Di Fausto died in 1965, aged 75. What survives is the work, which is the only durable form of a reputation.
Achievements
- Educated at Sapienza University of Rome
- Worked as engineer, architect and politician
