Giorgio Spavento (died 17 April 1509) was an Italian

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architect and engineer, active in

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. Probably native to the area of

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, he is first recorded in 1486 when he was appointed as ''proto'' (consultant architect and buildings manager) to the

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. As such, he was responsible for most of the public buildings around Saint Mark's Square. He designed the

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of the Church of St Mark, the

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St Mark's campanile St Mark's Campanile (, ) is the bell tower of St Mark's Basilica in Venice, Italy. The campanile is a reconstruction completed in 1912, the previous tower having collapsed in 1902. At in height, it is the tallest structure in Venice and is collo ...

, and the Church of San Teodoro. His principal work is the Church of San Salvador, which was completed by

Tullio Lombardo Tullio Lombardo (c. 1455 – November 17, 1532), also known as Tullio Solari, was an Italian Renaissance sculptor. He was the brother of Antonio Lombardo and son of Pietro Lombardo. The Lombardo family worked together to sculpt famous Catholic ...

and

Jacopo Sansovino Jacopo d'Antonio Sansovino (2 July 1486 – 27 November 1570) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor and architect, best known for his works around the Piazza San Marco in Venice. These are crucial works in the history of Venetian Renaissance arc ...

.Howard, ''The Architectural History of Venice'', p. 131

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* Howard, Deborah, ''The Architectural History of Venice'' (London: B. T. Batsford, 1980) * Howard, Deborah, 'Giorgio Spavento', in ''The Dictionary of Art'', 34 vols (London: Macmillan, 1996) XXIX, pp. 369–370 * McAndrew, John, ''Venetian architecture of the early Renaissance'' (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1980) 15th-century Italian architects 16th-century Italian architects Italian Renaissance architects Architects from Venice 1509 deaths Year of birth unknown {{Italy-architect-stub

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