Giacomo Albertolli (1761 – 6 June 1805) was a Swiss-born architect who was active in Italy during the
Neoclassical period.
He was born in
Bedano
Bedano is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
History
During the Middle Ages it was under the jurisdiction of the monastery of S. Ambrogio in Milan, while the Bishop of Como possessed the right to ti ...
in the province of Ticino. He was the nephew of
Giocondo Albertolli, a professor of architecture at the
Brera Academy. In 1797, Giacomo became professor of civil architecture in the Seminary of
Padua. With the Austrian occupation, he moved to Milan, where he replaced his teacher,
Giuseppe Piermarini. He died of apoplexy (stroke).
References
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1761 births
1805 deaths
People from Bedano
Architects from Ticino
18th-century Swiss painters
18th-century Swiss male artists
Swiss male painters
19th-century Swiss painters
19th-century Italian architects
Academic staff of Brera Academy
19th-century Swiss male artists