Domenico dell'Allio (1505–1563) was an Italian
Renaissance architect, working mostly in what was then
Inner Austria
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, present-day
Slovenia
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and the
Austria
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n states of
Styria and
Carinthia. He is best known for his work in the ''Landhaus'' (Seat of
Regional Government) in
Graz (1557–1565). He is also known for turning the
Varaždin
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Castle into a
Water castle, which used to be shown on the 5
kuna banknote before it was withdrawn.
He was the chief architect of the emperor
Ferdinand I in his Inner Austrian domains, and was responsible for setting up the
Italian-style modern fortification system in
Croatia
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, along the border with the
Ottoman Empire
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. He planned the town of
Klagenfurt
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, which had previously been a small settlement donated to the
Carinthian
estates by
emperor Maximilian for their residence.
He led the reconstruction of many castles that had been destroyed and frequently only partially rebuilt in the disastrous
1511 earthquake. His work is attested in several Sytrian towns, such as
Radkersburg
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,
Maribor and
Ptuj.
Dell'Allio popularized the Renessaince style in present-day southern Austria, Slovenia and central Croatia. He is considered the foremost Renaissance architect in the
Eastern Alps
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in the 16th century. He was ennobled by Emperor Ferdinand in 1558.
He went missing during one of his inspection tours of the Croatian-Ottoman borderlands.
His brother Giovanni or
Hans Dell'Allio was also an architect. The 17th centuries Austrian-Italian Baroque architects
Andrea Allio the Elder and
Andrea Allio the Younger were most probably his relatives.
External links
On the trace of Domenico dell'Allio
16th-century Italian architects
Italian Renaissance architects
Austrian architects
1505 births
1563 deaths
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