Adriano Cristofali
Adriano Cristofali (25 March 1717 in Verona[1] – 1788) was a Veronese architect, whose style bridged between Enlightenment-Baroque architecture and Neoclassicism.
Life
The son of a gardener to Marchese Giambattista Spolverini, Cristofali studied under Count
Scipione Maffei. Despite his humble parentage he worked as an architect, assessor, surveyor and hydraulic engineer and in training a whole generation of younger architects in his studio, including two of his sons and Luigi Trezza
.
His works in Verona include the
Villa Bettoni at Gargnano on the shores of Lake Garda; for the Villa Mosconi Bertani; for the Villa Bertani at Novare di Arbizzano; for the Villa Canossa at Grezzano; and for the Villa Vecelli Cavriani di Mozzecane
.
References
Sources
- http://villavecellicavriani.it/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110722040426/http://www.ketchup.it/regione/eventi/evento.asp?rg=ven®ione=veneto&prov=belluno&idev=536
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