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    Francesco Laparelli da Cortona (5 April 1521 – 20 October 1570) was an Italian architect. He was an assistant of Michelangelo, and later was sent by the...
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    A monument to the architects and engineers Francesco Laparelli and Girolamo Cassar is situated between the Parliament House and the ruins of the Royal...
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    victory in the Great Siege. Pope Pius V sent his military architect, Francesco Laparelli, to design the new city, while Philip II of Spain sent substantial...
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  • Urbanistic complex of the city of Valletta Valletta, Malta 1566–1798 Francesco Laparelli, Gerolamo Cassar Church of the Gesu Rome, Italy 1568–1580 Giacomo...
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  • involved in the construction of Valletta, initially as an assistant to Francesco Laparelli, before taking over the project himself. He designed many public...
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    the Mediterranean's most powerful navies. Valletta was designed by Francesco Laparelli, a military engineer, and his work was then taken up by Girolamo...
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  • Juan de Herrera (1530–1597), Spanish Adam Kraft (1460–1509), German Francesco Laparelli (1521–1570), Italian Pirro Ligorio (1512–1583), Italian Philibert...
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    build a new city on the peninsula. Construction started in 1566, and Francesco Laparelli was sent by the Pope to design the fortifications. The ruined Fort...
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    wines. Margaret of Cortona (1247–1297) Luca Signorelli (1445–1523) Francesco Laparelli (1521–1570), engineer and builder Bernardino Radi (1581–1643), sculptor...
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    James Cavalier. It was designed by the Italian military engineer Francesco Laparelli, while its construction was overseen by his Maltese assistant Girolamo...
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    Porta San Giorgio, which was built in 1569 to designs of either Francesco Laparelli or Girolamo Cassar. The gate was renamed Porta Reale (Maltese: Putirjal)...
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  • Philibert de l'Orme, French architect (born c. 1510) October 20 – Francesco Laparelli, Italian architect and engineer (born 1521) November 27 – Jacopo...
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  • 1566 – Construction of the city of Valletta on Malta, designed by Francesco Laparelli, begins (March 28). 1566–67 – "Stari Most" bridge crossing the Neretva...
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    Valletta, Malta's capital city, by sending his military engineer Francesco Laparelli to design the fortification walls (A bronze bust of Pius V was installed...
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  • Maltese architect and engineer (d. c. 1589–92) 1521: April 5 – Francesco Laparelli, Italian architect and engineer (d. 1570) 1527 – Hans Vredeman de...
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  • Italian wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510) 1521 – Francesco Laparelli, Italian architect (d. 1570) 1523 – Blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer...
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    engineer Francesco Laparelli was sent by the Pope to design the city's fortifications, which were designed along the Italian bastioned system. Laparelli's original...
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    siege, Grand Master Jean Parisot de Valette and military engineer Francesco Laparelli visited the Cittadella in order to modernize it, but nothing materialized...
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    1517) October 20 João de Barros, Portuguese historian (b. 1496) Francesco Laparelli, Italian architect (b. 1521) November – Jacques Grévin, French dramatist...
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    evidenced also by the outer wall of Castel Sant'Angelo, designed by Francesco Laparelli and begun in 1562. Moreover, although the search for precise geometries...
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  • 1578) 1521 March 21 – Maurice, Elector of Saxony (d. 1553) April 5 – Francesco Laparelli, Italian architect (d. 1570) April 14 – Johann Marbach, German theologian...
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    capital Valletta. In 1569, he built Del Monte Gate to a design by Francesco Laparelli. This gate was demolished by the British in 1884 to make way for...
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    Moscow. March 21 – Maurice, Elector of Saxony (d. 1553) April 5 – Francesco Laparelli, Italian architect (d. 1570) April 14 – Johann Marbach, German theologian...
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    John's Cavalier. It was designed by the Italian military engineer Francesco Laparelli, while its construction was overseen by his Maltese assistant Girolamo...
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    Viale Filarete, Via Francesco Laparelli, Via Muzio Oddi, Via Gabrio Serbelloni. Aviators, e.g. Via Giannino Ancillotto, Via Francesco Baracca, Via Giuseppe...
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    1517) October 20 João de Barros, Portuguese historian (b. 1496) Francesco Laparelli, Italian architect (b. 1521) November – Jacques Grévin, French dramatist...
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    Valletta – would be built a few years after his death, to designs of Francesco Laparelli. Genga died in Malta at age forty in 1558. Birgu: A Maltese Maritime...
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    Master (1938) Albert Laferla – Maltese education pioneer (1997) Francesco Laparelli – Italian architect and military engineer (1966) Egidio Lapira –...
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    follows the Orthogonal planning of Valletta by Military Engineer Francesco Laparelli, a plan for the city designed to have square street blocks with straight...
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    Valletta, and in the meantime Senglea was neglected. The architect Francesco Laparelli even proposed that the city should be razed. Eventually, this proposal...
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