Marco Solari (c. 1355 – 1405) was a Swiss–Italian architect, engineer, and sculptor.

Biography

Marco Solari often named Marco da Carona was born in the village of Carona, in what today is the Swiss canton of

Ticino Ticino (), sometimes Tessin (), officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino,, informally ''Canton Ticino'' ; lmo, Canton Tesin ; german: Kanton Tessin ; french: Canton du Tessin ; rm, Chantun dal Tessin . ...

. He is the progenitor of the Solari da Carona family, a masonic Lombardian dynasty.Scott, Leader. The Cathedral Builders: The Story of a Great Masonic Guild. Project Gutenberg. Print. Solari is known as one of the chief architects of the

Certosa di Pavia The Certosa di Pavia is a monastery and complex in Lombardy, Northern Italy, situated near a small town of the same name in the Province of Pavia, north of Pavia. Built in 1396–1495, it was once located on the border of a large hunting ...

Gian Galeazzo Visconti Gian Galeazzo Visconti (16 October 1351 – 3 September 1402), was the first duke of Milan (1395) and ruled the late-medieval city just before the dawn of the Renaissance. He also ruled Lombardy jointly with his uncle Bernabò. He was the foundi ...

, hereditary lord and first Duke of Milan, first commissioned Solari as a chief architect of the

in 1396. Solari is also known for his work as a master on

Duomo of Milan Milan Cathedral ( it, Duomo di Milano ; lmo, Domm de Milan ), or Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Nativity of Saint Mary ( it, Basilica cattedrale metropolitana di Santa Maria Nascente, links=no), is the cathedral church of Milan, Lombard ...

starting in 1399.

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14th-century Italian architects Italian engineers Architects from Ticino 1355 births 1405 deaths {{Italy-architect-stub