Mariano Smiriglio (1561 – 1636) was a
Sicilian architect, painter and decorator, active in a
Mannerist
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Sicilian Baroque
Sicilian Baroque is the distinctive form of Baroque architecture which evolved on the island of Sicily, off the southern coast of Italy, in the , when it was part of the Spanish Empire. The style is recognisable not only by its typical Baroque c ...
style in his native
Palermo
Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan province. The city is noted for its ...
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He was born in Palermo, and started as a painter at the school of
Filippo Paladini
Filippo Paladino (1544 -1614) was an Italian painter.
Biography
He was born near Florence in Tuscany and remained there until circa 1586 when he was imprisoned and subsequently exiled to Malta. From there, he moved to Sicily where he was active ...
, then he worked as an architect. In 1602 Smiriglio became the official architect of the
Senate of Palermo. In this capacity, he collaborated with
Giulio Lasso for the construction of the
Quattro Canti
Quattro Canti, officially known as Piazza Vigliena, is a Baroque square in Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy; it is considered the center of the historic quarters of the city. The site is the intersection of two major streets in Palermo, the Via Maq ...
. He was the architect of other landmarks of Palermo: he designed the scenic
Porta Felice, Palermo, the
Arsenal
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, fountains and several churches.
Smiriglio died in 1636 in Palermo, and was buried in the
Church of the Madonna del Soccorso.
Works
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Porta Felice
Porta Felice is a monumental city gate of Palermo, Sicily; the gate is located in the zone of the Foro Italico, Palermo, Foro Italico and the Castellammare, Palermo, Castellammare quarter. It represents the water-side entrance into what was former ...
, Palermo (1602)
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Church of the Madonna del Soccorso, Palermo (1603)
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Church of Sant'Anna la Misericordia, Palermo (1606)
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Church of the Madonna dei Rimedi, Palermo (1610)
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Cathedral of Salemi,
Salemi
Salemi is a town and ''comune'' in southwestern Sicily, Italy, administratively part of the province of Trapani.
History
Salemi is where Giuseppe Garibaldi announced the annexation of Sicily on May 14, 1860, as part of the Expedition of the Tho ...
(1615)
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Arsenal of Palermo, Palermo (1621)
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Church of Carmine Maggiore, Palermo (1627)
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Fontana dei due Draghi, Palermo (1630)
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Church of Sant'Antonio di Padova, Palermo (1630)
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Church of Sant'Eulalia dei Catalani, Palermo (1630)
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Church of Santa Maria di Valverde, Palermo (1633)
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Church of San Matteo al Cassaro, Palermo (1633)
External links
Smirìglio, Mariano Enciclopedia Treccani
The ''Enciclopedia Italiana di Scienze, Lettere e Arti'' (Italian for "Italian Encyclopedia of Science, Letters, and Arts"), best known as ''Treccani'' for its developer Giovanni Treccani or ''Enciclopedia Italiana'', is an Italian-language en ...
Architects from Palermo
Painters from Palermo
1561 births
1636 deaths
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