Evangelista Menga ( 1480 – 1571) was an
Italian
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military engineer.
He was from
Francavilla Fontana
Francavilla Fontana ( Francavillese: ) is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Brindisi and region of Apulia, in southern Italy. It is also called the town of the "Imperiali", after the Imperiali, a family of feudal lords who ...
. As the military architect of
Emperor Charles V, he designed the
Castello di Copertino, the , the
Castello di Mola di Bari, the
Castello di Parabita and the defensive tower of
Margherita di Savoia. He was the resident engineer of the
Order of St. John from 1560 to 1567,
and he was involved in repairing the
fortifications of Malta
The fortifications of Malta consist of a number of walled cities, citadels, forts, towers, batteries, redoubts, entrenchments and pillboxes. The fortifications were built over thousands of years, from around 1450 BC to the mid-20th century, ...
during the
Great Siege of 1565.
He married Maria Coco, and they had one son, Avolio. From him four children were born: Sigismondo, Porzia, Camilla and Laura. Sigismondo married Ottavia Calefato in Francavilla, and Porzia married Angelo Perruccio di Leverano
Menga received the honorific title of a knight due to his service to the Order, and he received an annuity of 300
scudi
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every year. He died in around 1571, aged about ninety, probably in Malta.
References
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1480 births
1571 deaths
People from the Province of Brindisi
Italian military engineers
Italian knights
Knights of Malta