ARCHITECTS AND LANDSCAPE- 
GARDENERS MENTIONED 
ALESSI (GALEAZZO) 
1512-1572 
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Though Alessi was a native of Perugia his best-known buildings 
were erected in Genoa. Among them are the Villa Pallavicini alle 
Peschiere, the Villa Imperiali (now Scassi), the Villa Giustiniani (now 
Cambiaso), the Palazzo Parodi, the public granaries, and the church 
of the Madonna di Carignano. He also laid out the Strada Nuova 
in Genoa. His chief works in other places are : the Palazzo Marin 
(now the Municipio) in Milan ; the Palazzo Antinori, and the front of 
the church of S. Maria del Popolo at Perugia; and the church of the 
Madonna degli Angeli near Assisi. 
ALGARDI (ALESSANDRO) 
1602-1654 
Algardi, a Bolognese architect, was also distinguished as an engraver 
and sculptor, and was noted for his figures of children. He built the 
Villa Belrespiro or Pamphily on the Janiculan, and the Villa Sauli, 
both in Rome. 
AMMANATI (BARTOLOMMEO) 
1 5 1 1— 1 592 
Ammanati, the pupil of Bandinelli and Sansovino, was one of the 
most distinguished Florentine architects of the sixteenth century, and 
was also noted for his garden-sculpture. In Florence some of his 
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