Adriano Cristofali (25 March 1717, in

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and Neoclassicism.

Life

The son of a gardener to Marchese Giambattista Spolverini, Cristofali studied under Count

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, an architectural theorist and learned his trade in the humanistic atmosphere fostered by Marchese

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. His works in Verona include the

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(built 1750, now the Hotel Accademia), the Palazzo Balladoro (in front of palazzo Canossa) and the Palazzo Salvi (Headquarters of the Accademia di Agricoltura Scienze e Lettere), as well as the portico for the Teatro Filarmonico of Verona, completed by

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the following century. Also notable are his plans for the Villa Bettoni at

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on the shores of Lake Garda; for the

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; for the Villa Bertani at Novare di Arbizzano; for the Villa Canossa at Grezzano; and for the Villa Vecelli Cavriani di

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*http://villavecellicavriani.it/ *https://web.archive.org/web/20110722040426/http://www.ketchup.it/regione/eventi/evento.asp?rg=ven®ione=veneto&prov=belluno&idev=536 {{DEFAULTSORT:Cristofali 1717 births 1788 deaths Architects from Verona 18th-century Italian architects Italian neoclassical architects Italian Baroque architects