Simone Cantoni (

Muggio Muggio was a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 25 October 2009 the municipalities of Bruzella, Cabbio, Caneggio, Morbio Superiore, Muggio and Sagno merged into the municipality of Breggia. ...

, Switzerland , 1736- Gorgonzœla,

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, 3 March 1818) was a Swiss

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

of the Neoclassical period, active mainly in Northern Italy.

Biography

His father was his first mentor, but sent him as a young man to Rome to study classical architecture. He worked there in the studio of

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. He received a prize from the Academy of Parma in 1764. He gained a post in Lombardy directing the construction of the Palazzo Mellerio in central

. Among his many works are the

Villa Olmo Villa Olmo is a neoclassical villa located in the city of Como, northern Italy. The villa was commissioned by marquis Innocenzo Odescalchi from Swiss architect Simone Cantoni Simone Cantoni (Muggio, Switzerland , 1736- Gorgonzœla, Milan, I ...

in Como, Villa Cigalini in Bornate, Villa Giovia in

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, Villa Gallarati-Scotti in Oreno, Villa Muggiasca in Masino, Villa Raimondi in Olmo near

Como Como (, ; lmo, Còmm, label= Comasco , or ; lat, Novum Comum; rm, Com; french: Côme) is a city and ''comune'' in Lombardy, Italy. It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como. Its proximity to Lake Como and to the Alps h ...

, the seminary and facade of the lyceum in

, and the Palazzo Vailetti in Bergamo. After the fire in the Ducal Palace of Genoa in 1777, he restored the building by replacing the wooden ceiling. He erected the Pertusati House in Milan using

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proportions. He built the Palazzo Serbelloni in Milan. He also helped design the Church of ''San Michele'' in

Vimercate Vimercate (; lmo, label= Brianzöö, Vimercaa ) is a city and ''comune'' in the province of Monza and Brianza, Lombardy, northern Italy. It is from Milan and from Monza. Its name (whose first finding dates back to the year 745) derives fro ...

, the church of ''Sant'Ambrogio e Simpliciano'' in

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, and the church of ''Santissima Maria Annunciata'' in

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References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cantoni, Simone 18th-century Italian people 18th-century Italian architects 19th-century Italian architects 1736 births 1818 deaths Architects from Ticino Italian neoclassical architects