Giovanni Battista Belluzzi (1506–1554), also known as Giovanni Battista di Bartolomeo Bellucci and as Il Sanmarino, was a

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architect and military engineer. He was born in

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on September 27, 1506 and at 18 years of age was sent by his father to

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, to learn commerce under Bastiano di Ronco, a merchant of the Guild of Wool. After two years, he returned to

, where he set up a wool business of his own. His first wife, Cagli, died shortly after they were married. His second wife was the daughter of

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(1467–1551). The couple lived with

, from whom Giovanni learned architecture. In 1541, his second wife died, leaving Giovanni to raise two sons. In 1543, Giovanni entered into the service of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, as an engineer. He designed fortifications for

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, Pistoia, Pisa and

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and also wrote a book on military architecture. He was wounded in the siege of

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and was killed by enemy fire in a fortress of Aiuola.

Works

References

* Istituto della enciclopedia italiana, ''Dizionario biografico degli Italiani'', Rome, Istituto della enciclopedia italiana, 1966. * Thieme, Ulrich and Felix Becker, ''Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart'', Reprint of 1907 edition, Leipzig, Veb E.A. Seemann Verlag, 1980–1986. * * Vasari, Giorgio, '' Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori'', many editions and translations. {{DEFAULTSORT:Belluzzi, Giovanni Battista 1506 births 1554 deaths 16th-century Italian architects Italian Renaissance architects Architects from Tuscany Sammarinese male musicians Renaissance architects