The Architect of Roman Grandeur In the heart of a transforming Rome, where the echoes of antiquity met the burgeoning ambitions of a newly unified Italy, the name Gaetano Koch resonates as a symbol of architectural elegance and urban vision. Born in 1849 to a lineage steeped in artistic tradition—as the grandson of the celebrated German Romantic landscape painter Joseph Anton Koch—Gaetano was destined to shape the physical identity of his adopted capital. His work did not merely occupy space; it breathed life into the streets, weaving a sophisticated tapestry of Cinquecento refinement and Re…