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LIST OF ARCHITECTS.

Martino Lombardo 16th. School or confraternità of San Marco, and, per

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haps, the church of S. Zaccaria at Venice. Builder of Louth Spire, Lincolnshire.

Design of Henry VII.'s Chapel, Westminster, and of other works at St. George's Chapel, Windsor.

St. George's Chapel, Windsor.

Cloister of the Carmelites di Santa Maddelena de' Pazzi at Florence; cloister for the Fratri Eremitani di S. Agostino; la Gran Fabbrica del Poggio Imperiale, fortress near the Porto a Prato, and other works, at Florence; a magnificent palace at Poggio Cajana for Lorenzo di Medici; repaired the cupola of the church della Madonna at Loreto; restored the roof and decorations of the ceiling of the church of Santa Maria Maggiore; restored the church dell' Anima; Palazzo Rovere, near San Pietro in Vincolà at Rome; Palazzo Rovere at Savona; an unfinished palace at Milan; fortress and gate of San Marco, of the Doric order; many palaces at Pisa; fortifications at Ostia.

Façade of the Palazzo Strozzi at Florence; church of S. Francis at S. Miniato, near Florence; convent of the Padri Serviti; sacristy of Santo Spirito, and the council chamber at Florence.

A bridge in Hungary; several churches in Russia.

Aqueduct of the Adda at Milan; various machines, plans, and works on architecture. Many bridges, especially that of Notre Dame at Paris; the public hall and Ponte della Pietra at Verona; fortifications at Treviso; cleansing of the Lagunes, and a design for the Ponte Rialto at Venice: after the death of Bramante, he was engaged with Rafaelle and San Gallo in erecting St. Peter's at Rome.

Palace of Prince Robert Sanseverino, duke of Salerno, at Naples; and the restoration of the church of San Domenico Maggiore, which was built by Lucano.

Brick buildings at Leicester Abbey.

Continued the erection of St. Peter's at Rome, after the death of Bramante, his master in architecture; engaged on the buildings of the Farnese Palace; church of Santa Maria in Navicella, repaired and altered; stables of Agostino, near the Palazzo Farnese; Palazzo Caffarelli, now Stoppani; the gardens of the Vatican; the façade of the church of San Lorenzo, and of the Palazzo Uggoccioni, now Pandolfini, at Florence. Supposed to have designed Henry VII.'s Chapel, where he was master of the works.

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Principal Works.

"Deviser of buildings" to Henry VIII. of England. Continued the building of Bath Abbey church till the dissolution of monasteries.

Surveyor of buildings, employed in the erection of Hunsdon House.

The beautiful chapel del Sagramento in the church di Santo Spirito; palace della Canonica at Loreto; a cloister for the monks of St. Agostino, and a little chapel without the walls of Sanseverino; some buildings at Venice, and many in Portugal.

Church of S. Rocco; some parts of the Campanile di San Marco, and the Procurazie Vecchie at Venice.

Capella Emiliana of the Camaldulenses at Murano, an island of the Lagunes; Palazzo di Calmerlinghi, near the Ponte Rialto at Venice; palace at Portagruaro, at Friuli; gate di Santo Tommaso at Treviso; gate called Il Portello at Padua.

Restoration of the cathedral of Seville.

Cathedral of Huesca in Arragon: he blended the modern Greek style with the Gothic, in the manner called Arabo-tedescho.

Convent of S. Eugraçia at Saragossa; college of Alcala, in the Græco-Gothic style of archi

tecture.

Sanctuary of Guadaloupe.

Grand aqueduct of Segovia, by order of Queen Isabella.

Church and convent of S. Francis at Fordela

guna.

Churches of the Madonna di Loreto near

Trajan's column, of Santa Maria di Monserrato, of S. Giovanni dei Fiorentini; Palazzetto di Conte Palma; Palazzi di Santo Buono for himself, now that of the Marchesi Sacchetti ; Farnese, begun by Paul III., when a cardinal; fortifications of Civita Vecchia, of Civita Castellana, of Parma, Ancona, and many other strong places in Italy; he altered the Mole of Adrian to its present form of the castle of S. Angelo; triumphal arch in the square of S. Mark at Venice; a temple to our Lady at Monte Pulciano; built the Capella Paolina del Vaticano, and assisted in the works of St. Peter's.

Plan and model of the cathedral or duomo at Carpi; two designs for the façade of San Petronio, and the gate of San Michele in Bosco at Bologna; fortifications at Sienna; the little palace built for Agostino Chigi, now called the Farnesina, in the Lungara; Palazzo Massimi, near the church of San Pantaleo; Villa di Papa Giulio III.; the cortile of the palace de' Duchi Altemps; casino at the Palazzo Chigi; tomb of Pope Hadrian IV. in'

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the church dell' Anima; Palazzo Spinosa, now the hospital degli Eretici convertiti at Rome; assisted in the erection of St. Peter's, and was buried by the side of Rafaelle, in the Pantheon. His style was good.

Modernised the church della Trinità di Palazzo, and built the church and convent of Giesù Vecchio at Naples.

The Loggia and council house in the Piazza degli Signori at Padua, finished in 1526.

Church and hospital della Nunziata; the Strada di Porta Nolano, and di Monte Oliveto, with other streets and palaces at Naples; a bridge at Capua.

Strada di Toledo at Naples; church of S. Giorgio de' Genovesi; church of S. Giacomo degli Spagnuoli; plan of the palace del Principe di San Severo, and the palace of the Duca della Torre; the Castel Capuano, altered to a court of law; a fountain at the extremity of the Mole, and some triumphal arches for the entrance of Charles V., on his return from Tunis, at Naples.

Plan of the cathedral of Salamanca.

The beautiful bell tower or campanile of Santo Spirito; lantern above the cupola of Santa Maria del Fiore, great altar and choir of which was built by his son Giuliano; palace for Giovanni Bartolini in the Piazza della Santissima Trinità; Palazzo Salvieto at Rome. Church della Madonna delle Grazie, for the Dominicans at Padua; palace in the Castel d'Usopo in the Friuli; palace for Luigi Cornaro, near the Santo; Doric gate to the Palazzo Capitano; a music hall, which was much admired by Serlio, who denominated it "La Rotondo di Padoua;" gates of SS. Giovanni and Savonarola.

Superintended the erection of the cathedral of Salamanca; built the cathedral of Segovia. Bridge of Almaraz, over the Tagus.

Façade of the Alcazar at Toledo; convent and church of S. Michael at Valenza; repaired the church of Toledo, which was erected in 587, during the reign of King Riccaredo. Cathedral and Alcazar at Granada; church and convent of S. Jerome in the same city. Palace of the Duke of Urbino, sul Monte dell' Imperiale; the court of the palace restored; church of San Giovanni Battista at Pesaro ; façade of the cathedral and the bishop's palace at Mantua; convent de' Zoccolanti at Monte Baroccio. His son, Bartolomeo, was also an artist of considerable repute, and there are several of his works at Mondavio, Pesaro, and other parts of Italy.

Cathedral of Monte Fiascone; church of S. Domenico at Orvieto; numerous fortresses in

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the Venetian territory, in Corfu, Lombardy,
and the ecclesiastical states, as at Legnani, Orzi
Nuovo, and Castello; palaces di Canossa, dell'
Gran Guardia on the Bra; Pellegrini de' Versi ;
the prefecturate and façade of the Palazzo
Bevilaqua at Verona; chapel Guareschi in
the church of S. Bernardino; design for the
campanile of the Duomo; churches of Santa
Maria in Organo de' Monaci, di Monte Oli-
veto, di San Giorgio, and della Madonna della
Campagna, in the same city; gates Nuova, del
Pallio, di S. Zenone, del Palazzo Pretorio,
and del Palazzo Prefettizio, at Verona; forti-
fications of the same city, the first instance of
the introduction of triangular bastions; the
first bastion, that of della Madellina, was
erected in 1527.

16th. Commenced the Tuilleries; built the châteaux of
St. Maur, Anet, Meudon, and many others.
The Escurial in Spain; he was much employed
at Genoa.

Palazzo Vendramini; staircase and façade of the
school of S. Rocca; palaces Trevisani and Gra-
denigo, at Venice.

The magnificent palace at Caprarola for Cardinal
Farnese.

Villa Madama; Palazzo Lante at San Pietro; church della Madonna del Orto; Palazzo Ciccia porci alla Strada di Banchi; Palazzo Cenci sulla Piazza S. Eustachio, near the Palazzo Lante, and other buildings in Rome; Palazzo del T. at Mantua; palace at Marmiruolo, five miles from Mantua; modernising and enlarging the ducal palaces, the Duomo, and many other buildings in the same city; façade of S. Petronio at Bologna; and some works at Vicenza. His style was agreeable.

Library of the Medici, generally called the Laurentian Library, at Florence; model for the façade of the church of San Lorenzo; second sacristy of Lorenzo, commonly called the Capella dei Depositi; church San Giovanni, which he did not finish; fortifications at Florence, and at Monte San Miniato; monument of Julius II. in the church of San Pietro in Vincolà at Rome; plan of the Campidoglio; palace of the Conservatori; building in the centre, and the flight of steps in the Campidoglio, or Capitol, at Rome; continuation of the Palace Farnese, and several gates at Rome, particularly the Porta Nomentana or Pia; steeple of S. Michaele at Ostia; Carthusian church of Santa Maria degli Angeli; the gate to the vineyard del Patriarca Grimani; tower of S. Lorenzo at Ardea; church of Santa Maria, in the Certosa, at Rome; many plans of palaces, churches, and chapels. He was employed on St. Peter's, after the death of San Gallo.

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AFTER CHRIST.

Principal Works.

Clerk of the works to Cardinal Wolsey, at the building of Christchurch College, Oxford; and chief clerk of accounts for all the buildings of Henry VIII. within twenty miles of London. Façade of the church of S. Eugraçia, at Saragossa.

The chapel royal at Seville.

Plan of the former royal palace at Madrid; gate of S. Martino at Toledo; palace of Alcala in that city; he also assisted at the erection of the cathedral of Cuença.

The beautiful chapel of S. Salvador, at Ubeda; palace in the same place; hospital and chapel of S. Jago at Baeza.

Cathedral of Plasentia; church of S. Matteo de Caceres; church of Malpartida.

Heightened the great steeple of the cathedral of Seville, called the Torre della Giralda.

Royal palace of Grenada.

Church of Santa Catarina a Formello at Naples; the cupola of this church is said to have been the first that was raised of any considerable magnitude in that city. Church of S. Marcello begun, and that of S. Giovanni de Fiorentini built; Loggia, on the Via Flaminia, just out of the Porto del Popolo, for Marco Coscia; Palazzo Gaddi, now del Nicolini, at Rome; church of St. Francesco della Vigna, which was finished by Palladio; Palazzo Cornari, sul Canal Grande, at San Maurizio; mint and other public buildings at Venice; church of San Fantino; church of San Geminiano, &c. His style was of the Venetian school.

Caius College, Cambridge, a good specimen of the architecture of the day.

College of the Donna Maria d'Arragona at Madrid; church and convent of the Dominican nuns; also of the Ayuntamiento at Toledo; church and convent of the Bernardine nuns at Silos.

Parochial church of Valeria, near Cuença.

Hospital of St. John the Baptist, near Toledo.

Designs for the Escurial; he assisted in planning the street of Toledo at Naples, the church of S. Jago, belonging to the Spaniards; palace at Posilipo in the same city.

Built Somerset House in 1567.

Continued the Escurial after the death of his niaster, Giovan Battista; plan of the church of S. Jago, near Cuença; bridge of Segovia at Madrid; palace of Aranjuez.

Fontaine des Innocens, in the Rue Saint Denys, at Paris.

Palace of Grimani at Venice; employed by Francis I. of France at Fontainebleau,

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