Vincenzo Scamozzi

Also known as Vinsent Schamozzy

16th century Italian architect (1548–1616)

Key facts

Born: 2 September 1548, Vicenza , Italy
Died: 7 August 1616 (1616-08-07) (aged 67), Venice, Italy
Occupation: Architect
Buildings: Palazzo Thiene Bonin Longare , Rocca Pisana , Villa Capra "La Rotonda" , Villa Duodo , Palazzo Loredan Vendramin Calergi

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Instance of: human
Given name: Vincenzo
Gender: male
Citizenship: Republic of Venice
Place of birth: Vicenza
Place of death: Venice
Occupation: urban planner
Languages spoken: Venetian
Notable work: San Gaetano Church
Student of: Andrea Palladio
Image: Scamozzi portrait by Veronese.jpg

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Commons category: Vincenzo Scamozzi
date of birth: 1548-09-12
date of death: 1616-08-07
Commons gallery: Vincenzo Scamozzi
student: Baldassarre Longhena
has works in the collection: Nationalmuseum
start of work period: 1568-01-01
end of work period: 1616-01-01
Commons Creator page: Vincenzo Scamozzi

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Encyclopedic overview

Vincenzo Scamozzi (2 September 1548 – 7 August 1616) was an Italian architect and a writer on architecture, active mainly in Vicenza and Republic of Venice area in the second half of the 16th century. He was perhaps the most important figure there between Andrea Palladio, whose unfinished projects he inherited at Palladio's death in 1580, and Baldassarre Longhena, Scamozzi's only pupil.

The great public project of Palladio's that Scamozzi inherited early in the process of construction was the Teatro Olimpico at Vicenza, which Palladio had designed in the last months of his life.

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