Alfonso Parigi the Elder
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Alfoso Parigi was an Italian architect and designer working in Florence for the Grand Duke of Tuscany.
His major commission was the completion of Giorgio Vasari
's Palazzo degli Uffizi
. His main works are all in Florence, and include:
His son Giulio
worked also as architect for the House of Medici.
His major commission was the completion of Giorgio Vasari
Giorgio Vasari
Giorgio Vasari was an Italian painter, writer, historian, and architect, who is famous today for his biographies of Italian artists, considered the ideological foundation of art-historical writing.-Biography:...
's Palazzo degli Uffizi
Uffizi
The Uffizi Gallery , is a museum in Florence, Italy. It is one of the oldest and most famous art museums of the Western world.-History:...
. His main works are all in Florence, and include:
- The palazzo of the Archiconfraternità di Misericordia, an ancient charitable foundation devoted to helping the wounded and sick, rebuilt 1575-78, partly remodelled ito designs by Stefano Diletti, 1781.
- At Santa TrinitaSanta TrinitaSanta Trinita is a church in central Florence, Italy. It is the mother church of the Vallumbrosan Order of monks, founded in 1092 by a Florentine nobleman...
he rebuilt the convent cloister, working to designs of Buontalenti, beginning in 1584.
His son Giulio
Giulio Parigi
Giulio Parigi was an Italian architect and designer. He was the main member of a family of architects and designers working for the Grand Ducal court of the Medici...
worked also as architect for the House of Medici.