The course was first constructed in 1881, and it was rebuilt in 1926 to a design by Paolo Vietti-Violi.
Among those national: Tor di Valle Racecourse, Capannelle Racecourse in Rome, Merano, Agnano, San Siro, Monza, Florence, Grosseto, Bologna and Rimini.
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Vietti-Violi's important contribution to national and international level was in sport: he observed in Casabella, the international monthly magazine dedicated to architecture: "... the rebirth of sport and above all the spirit of sport in Italy, as wanted directed and organized by the Fascist Regime, has itself brought about an impressive renewal of sporting works".
Pier Paolo Pasolini | Paolo Veronese | Paolo Nutini | Paolo Virzì | Paolo Troubetzkoy | Paolo Roversi | San Paolo Maggiore | Paolo Busti | Paolo Borsellino | Adamo Paolo Cultraro | Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice | Paolo Veneziano | Paolo Sarpi | Paolo Romani | Paolo Guzzanti | Paolo Giovio | Paolo Giacometti | Francesco Paolo Bontade | Vietti | Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Rome | Santi Giovanni e Paolo | Pietro Paolo Cristofari | Paolo Volponi | Paolo Tiralongo | Paolo Sorrentino | Paolo Seganti | Paolo Macchiarini | Paolo Ferrari | Paolo Di Canio | Paolo Bonolis |
Awarded two poetry fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, Violi also received The John Ciardi Lifetime Achievement Award in Poetry, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Morton Dauwen Zabel Award, and grants from The Foundation for Contemporary Arts Poetry, The Fund for Poetry, The New York Foundation for the Arts, The Ingram Merrill Foundation, and New York Creative Artists Public Service Fund.
Upon graduating, he enrolled in the architecture program at the National University of Colombia, then led by German and Italian architects Leopoldo Rother and Bruno Violi.