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ALESSI , GALEAllO (1512-1572), See also:Italian architect, was See also:born at See also:Perugia, and was probably a See also:pupil of Caporali . He was an enthusiastic student of See also:ancient See also:architecture, and his See also:style gained for him a See also:European reputation . See also:Genoa is indebted to him for a number of its most magnificent palaces, and specimens of his skill may be seen in the churches of See also:San See also:Paolo and See also:Santa See also:Vittoria at See also:Milan, in certain parts of the Escurial, and in numerous churches and palaces throughout See also:Sicily, See also:Flanders and See also:Germany . See See also:Rossi, Di Galeazzo Alessi memorie (Perugia, 1873) . |
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