Marco Solari (c. 1355 – 1405) was a Swiss–Italian architect, engineer, and sculptor.

Biography

Marco Solari, often named Marco da Carona, was born in the village of Carona, in what today is the Swiss canton of

Ticino Ticino ( ), sometimes Tessin (), officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino, is one of the Canton of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. It is composed of eight districts ...

. He is the progenitor of the Solari da Carona family, a masonic Lombardian dynasty.Scott, Leader. The Cathedral Builders: The Story of a Great Masonic Guild. Project Gutenberg. Print. Solari is known as one of the chief architects of the

Certosa di Pavia The Certosa di Pavia is a monastery complex in Lombardy, Northern Italy, situated near a small village of the same name in the Province of Pavia, north of Pavia. Built from 1396 to 1495, it was once located at the end of the Visconti Park a l ...

Gian Galeazzo Visconti Gian Galeazzo Visconti (16 October 1351 – 3 September 1402), was the first duke of Duchy of Milan, Milan (1395) and ruled that late-medieval city just before the dawn of the Renaissance. He also ruled Lombardy jointly with his uncle Bernabò V ...

, hereditary lord and first Duke of Milan, first commissioned Solari as a chief architect of the

in 1396. Solari is also known for his work as a master on the

Duomo of Milan Milan Cathedral ( ; ), or Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Nativity of Saint Mary (), is the cathedral church of Milan, Lombardy, Italy. Dedicated to the Nativity of St. Mary (), it is the seat of the Archbishop of Milan, currently Archbis ...

, starting in 1399.

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14th-century Italian architects Italian engineers Architects from Ticino 1350s births 1405 deaths {{Italy-architect-stub