Giovanni Sallustio Peruzzi

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Giovanni Sallustio Peruzzi (1511/12[1] – between 6 May and 24 November 1572[2]) was an Italian architect.

Biography

Born in Siena, he was the son of architect Baldassare Peruzzi.

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Casina of Pope Pius IV. Moreover, he supervised the construction, at the expense of the Jewish community, of the walls of the Roman Ghetto
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After 1567 he went to Vienna, where he worked as an engineer and architect for Emperor Maximilian II.

Notes

  1. ^ Römisches Jahrbuch der Bibliotheca Hertziana, vol 35, Ernst Wasmuth Verlag, 2005, p.285.
  2. ^ treccani.it
  3. ^ Uffizi, acc. no. 646, noted in S. Rowland Pierce, "The Mausoleum of Hadrian and the Pons Aelius", The Journal of Roman Studies 15, (1925:75-103) p. 80, under no. 14.

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