Giovan Battista Aleotti (1546 – 12 December 1636) was an Italian architect.

Biography

Aleotti was born in

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. For some years, Aleotti went to

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, to work under

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where with

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he designed the façade of the University in 1610. He gave a new façade to the Rocca Scandiano, the home of the Boiardo family. He is known for his designs in

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, including the Teatro Farnese (1618–1628) and, with the assistance of his pupil Giovanni Battista Magnani, the hexagonal church of Santa Maria del Quartiere (1604-1619). He also helped design the facades of the Palazzi

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and Bevilacqua-Costabili in Ferrara.

References

* 1546 births 1636 deaths Italian Baroque architects People from the Province of Ferrara 16th-century Italian architects 17th-century Italian architects {{Italy-architect-stub