Domenico dell'Allio
Klagenfurt
, 10.-Oktober-StrasseDomenico dell'Allio (1505–1563) was an Italian
Regional Government) in Graz (1557–1565). He is also known for turning the Varaždin Castle into a Water castle, which used to be shown on the 5 kuna
banknote before it was withdrawn.
He was the chief architect of the emperor
.Dell'Allio popularized the Renaissance style in present-day southern Austria, Slovenia and central Croatia. He is considered the foremost Renaissance architect in the Eastern Alps in the 16th century. He was ennobled by Emperor Ferdinand in 1558.
He went missing during one of his inspection tours of the Croatian-Ottoman borderlands.
His brother Giovanni or Hans Dell'Allio was also an architect. The 17th centuries Austrian-Italian Baroque architects Andrea Allio the Elder and Andrea Allio the Younger were most probably his relatives.
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