Ernesto Korrodi Explained

Ernesto Korrodi
Birth Name:Ernst Korrodi
Birth Date:31 January 1870
Birth Place:Zurich, Switzerland
Death Place:Leiria, Portugal
Citizenship:Portugal
Occupation:Architect
Known For:Pioneering Art Nouveau architecture in Portugal

Ernesto Korrodi (Zürich, 31 January 1870 – Leiria, 3 February 1944), was a Swiss-born architect who moved to Portugal aged 19, spending the remainder of his life there.

He later adopted Portuguese citizenship, and married a Portuguese woman. He died in 1944.

Main works

He has more than 400 works in all Portugal of which the most important are: