Alessandro Manetti (17 February 1787 – 10 December 1865) was an Italian architect and engineer.
Graduated from the
Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze
The Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze () is an instructional art academy in Florence, in Tuscany, in central Italy.
It was founded by Cosimo I de' Medici in 1563, under the influence of Giorgio Vasari. Michelangelo, Benvenuto Cellini and ...
, Manetti is responsible for several works in the
Tuscany
Tuscany ( ; ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of 3,660,834 inhabitants as of 2025. The capital city is Florence.
Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, artistic legacy, and its in ...
region during the 19th century, in particular the Leopold II Bridge () (completed in 1833) and the Cinta daziaria di Livorno (completed in 1835).
See also
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Neoclassical architecture in Tuscany
Neoclassical architecture in Tuscany established itself between the second half of the eighteenth century and the first half of the nineteenth century within a historical-political framework substantially aligned with the one that affected the re ...
Bibliography
*D. Barsanti, L. Rombai (a cura di), ''Scienziati idraulici e territorialisti nella Toscana dei Medici e dei Lorena'', Firenze 1994.
*C. Cresti, L. Zangheri, ''Architetti e ingegneri nella Toscana dell'Ottocento'', Firenze 1978.
*A. Manetti, ''Mio passatempo. Scritto postumo del Comm. A. Manetti, già Direttore generale delle Acque e Strade e delle Fabbriche civili in Toscana'', Tipografia Carnesecchi, Firenze 1885.
*G. Meini, ''Il commendatore Alessandro Manetti e le sue opere'', Firenze 1867.
*E. Repetti, ''Dizionario geografico fisico storico della Toscana'', Firenze 1833.
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1787 births
1865 deaths
Architects from Florence
Engineers from Florence
19th-century Italian architects
19th-century Italian engineers
Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze alumni
Italian neoclassical architects