Alessio Tramello (1455–1535) was an Italian
Renaissance
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architect
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who mostly designed churches and civic works.
He began his activity in
Piacenza and his work uses forms of Gothic architecture. Two works from Piacenza stand out in design. The first,
Santa Maria di Campagna was built (1522–1528), in an example of symmetric centrally-planned
Renaissance architecture
Renaissance architecture is the European architecture of the period between the early 15th and early 16th centuries in different regions, demonstrating a conscious revival and development of certain elements of Ancient Greece, ancient Greek and ...
. He also directed design of the church of
San Sisto Saint Sixtus (or San Sisto in Italian) may refer to the following:
People
*Pope Sixtus I (d. 128)
*Pope Sixtus II (d. 258), martyr
*Pope Sixtus III (d. 440)
*Sixtus of Reims (d.c. 300), first bishop of Reims
Places Italy
*San Sisto, Piacenza, chu ...
(1499–1511).
External links
Discover Italy Opere di Alessio Tramello, architetto piacentino
1455 births
1535 deaths
16th-century Italian architects
Italian ecclesiastical architects
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