in addition to his theater work, he decorated churches and palaces and designed gardens featuring mounds, lakes, bridges and faux ruins; after the style of giuseppe jappelli. his most notable work was at the giardini papadopoli, although much of it was later destroyed to create an extension for the bus terminal at the piazzale roma. from 1838 to 1854, he was a professor of landscaping at the accademia di belle arti.