Giuseppe Manetti
Giuseppe Manetti (16 November 1761 – 28 August 1817) was a Neoclassic style architect and landscape architect active in Tuscany. The same name is shared by an Italian violinist (1802—1858).
Biography[]
He was born and died in Florence. He helped design the layout of gardens for villas belonging to the Grand-Dukes of Florence. Among his best known works are two structure in the two-story Parco delle Cascine in Florence, the Palazzina Reale delle Cascine and the ghiacciaia or ice-house. The latter is shaped like a pyramid. He also designed the Corsi Annalena gardens in Oltrarno.
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- 1761 births
- 1817 deaths
- 18th-century Italian architects
- 19th-century Italian architects
- Italian neoclassical architects
- Italian landscape architects
- Architects from Florence