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SANMICHELE, MICHELE (1484-1559)

This article appears in Volume V24, Page 154 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SAC-SAR
SANMICHELE, MICHELE (1484-1559) , Italian architect, was born in San Michele near Verona. He learnt the elements of his profession from his father Giovanni and his uncle Bartolommeo, who both practised as architects at Verona with much success. He went at an early age to Rome to study classic sculpture and architecture. Among his earliest works are the duomo of Montefiascone (an octagonal building surmounted with a
cupola
 ), the
church
  of San Domenico at Orvieto, and several palaces at both places. He also executed a fine tomb in S. Domenico. He was no less distinguished as a military architect, and was much employed by the signoria of Venice, not only at
home
 , but also in strengthening the fortifications of
Corfu
 , Cyprus and Candia. One of
Sanmichele
 's most graceful designs is the Cappella de' Peregrini in the
church
  of S. Bernardino at Veronasquare outside and circular within, of the Corinthian order. He built a
great
  number of fine palaces at Verona, including those of Canossa, Bevilacqua and Pompei, as well as the graceful Ponte Nuovo. In 1527
Sanmichele
  began to transform the fortifications of Verona according to the newer
system
  of corner bastionsa
system
  for the
advancement
  of which he did much valuable service. His last
work
 , begun in
1559, was the round church of the Madonna di Campagna, 12 m. from Verona on the road to Venice. Like most other distin-
guished architects of his time he wrote a
work
  on classic architecture, I Cinque Ordini dell' architettura, printed at Verona
in 1735.
See Ronzani and Luciolli, Fabbriche . . . di M. Sanmichele (Venice, 1832) ; and Selva, Elogio di Sanmichele (Rome, 1814).


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