Maurizio Giammei

Maurizio Giammei was born in Rome in 1962. His grandfather Luigi, master stonemason, settled in the Italian capital in 1913 coming from Subiaco, a small town nearby. In 1930 the Giammei family opened the first small marble workshop near the monumental cemetery of Verano. In 1944, a few months after the historic Allied bombing, they established their workshop in the district of San Lorenzo. Over the years, the Giammeis’ workshop has created numerous works of funerary art, which can be seen in the Verano. In 1964 the family business passed into the hands of Ernesto Giammei, son of Luigi and father of Maurizio, who carried on the work of his father and grandfather.

Maurizio represents the fifth generation of marble worker of the Giammeis: it is a tradition that combines craftsmanship and sculptural talent. After receiving a training in managing, by working in the family workshop during the summer holidays and after his studies, Maurizio began to permanently assist his father Ernesto in the workshop from the age of 22. He then took over in 1998.

Alongside the traditional and celebrated expertise in funerary art, Maurizio has specialised in the realisation of unique works of art in marble and in the processing of large marble blocks for works of stone architecture, furniture and design, enriching the workshop with the use of the most advanced technologies in the processing of marble, stone and granite. Among his works: the tomb of the architect Perugini in the Non-Catholic cemetery in Rome and the restoration of the funeral monument of the Barberini princes inside the Basilica of Sant’Andrea della Valle in Rome.

Maurizio Giammei knows the history of the ancient Università dei Marmorari thanks to his friendship with the Vergati brothers, historic craftsmen and turners. In recent years he has contributed to the re-launch of the organisation together with Dario Del Bufalo and Otello Scatolini.