Filippo Calendario (died 16 April 1355 in

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) was an architect, a designer of the 14th century

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. He was executed for treason.

Design of Doge's Palace

By the end of the 13th century the existing Doge's Palace in Venice needed enlarging. Rebuilding commenced around 1340,Palazzo Ducale - the museum: building and history
Palazzo Ducale webpages. Retrieved 2011-11-28. though interrupted for several years because of the plague.CALENDARIO Filippo
Treccani.it Enciclopedia Italiano: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 16 (1973). Retrieved 2011-11-29. Calendario is attributed by some sources as the first architect or, at least, a collaborator. Calendario first appears in official records in 1340, when he is described as a master of two small boats, used to transport stone for construction. By 1341 he was the owner of five boats. This makes it likely he was also a stonemason. The new building was in the

Venetian Gothic Venetian Gothic is the particular form of Italian Gothic architecture typical of Venice, originating in local building requirements, with some influence from Byzantine architecture, and some from Islamic architecture, reflecting Venice's trading ...

style, low and squat to cope with the poor ground conditions.Doges Palace
, Venice Sights. Retrieved 2011-11-28. However, the Palace is noticeably built in two phases and this is believed to be because, in 1355, Calendario was executed.

Conspiracy and execution

The new

Doge of Venice The Doge of Venice ( ; vec, Doxe de Venexia ; it, Doge di Venezia ; all derived from Latin ', "military leader"), sometimes translated as Duke (compare the Italian '), was the chief magistrate and leader of the Republic of Venice between 726 a ...

Marino Faliero Marino Faliero (1274 – 17 April 1355) was the 55th Doge of Venice, appointed on 11 September 1354. He was sometimes referred to simply as Marin Falier (Venetian rather than standard Italian) or Falieri. He was executed for attempting a coup d ...

(elected 1354), had ambitions to become Lord of Venice. However, the plot was uncovered and the conspirators arrested. Calendario was one of those found guilty of treason and, with the leader of the conspiracy Bertuccio Israello, sentenced to be hanged on 16 April 1355. They were both hanged from the balcony of the new Palace, reportedly with gags in their mouths. Calendario's son was also amongst the guilty men and later he was also hanged from the building.''The Works of Lord Byron: Vol. IV''
John Murray, London (1828), Appendix pp 157-164. Digitized by ''Google Books''.

References

External links

Doge's Palace Museum webpages (in English)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Calendario, Filippo Republic of Venice architects 1355 deaths Year of birth unknown 14th-century Italian architects