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16th-century Italian architects

  • MichelangeloMichelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni arrived in the world on the 6th of March 1475 within the small town of Caprese.
  • Bartolommeo BerrecciBartolomeo Berrecci was born in 1480 within the town of Pontassieve, Italy. His first lessons came from his father who practiced architecture himself.
  • Carlo MadernoCarlo Maderno was born in 1556 within the Swiss bailiwick of Capolago. He began his working life cutting stone in the marble quarries of northern Italy…
  • Antonio da Sangallo the YoungerAntonio Cordiani was born in Florence on the 12th of April 1484. His family name was Piccioni, and his grandfather Francesco Giamberti worked as a woodworker.
  • RaphaelRaffaello Sanzio da Urbino was born in the small but artistically significant central Italian city of Urbino in March 1483 or the 6th of April 1483.
  • Giorgio VasariGiorgio Vasari arrived into the world prematurely on the 30th of July 1511 in Arezzo, Tuscany. His early years were marked by a recommendation from his…