Ottone Calderari (13 September 1730 – 26 October 1803) was an Italian architect and writer of architectural design. Calderari was born and died in

Vicenza Vicenza ( , ; or , archaically ) is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region, at the northern base of the Monte Berico, where it straddles the Bacchiglione, River Bacchiglione. Vicenza is approximately west of Venice and e ...

. He made the designs for the Palazzos Loschi (Zileri dal Verme), Anti, Sola, Bonini, and Cordellina located in and near

. He completed the Palazzetto Capra Lampertico for the . He helped construct the church of Santorso, province of Vicenza. His design for a facade of the church of

San Marco in San Girolamo The Church of San Marco in San Girolamo (''Mark the Evangelist, St. Mark in St. Jerome'') is a baroque parish church in Vicenza, northern Italy, built in the 18th century by the Discalced Carmelites. It houses various artworks by artists of the ...

in Vicenza, was later used for the church of St. Filippo Neri by Antonio Piovene. He was active in some of the reconstruction and expansions of Thiene Cathedral. He also worked in

Verona Verona ( ; ; or ) is a city on the Adige, River Adige in Veneto, Italy, with 255,131 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region, and is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and in Northeast Italy, nor ...

Padua Padua ( ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Veneto, northern Italy, and the capital of the province of Padua. The city lies on the banks of the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice and southeast of Vicenza, and has a population of 20 ...

, and

Marostica Marostica (; ), is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, northern Italy. It is mostly famous for its live chess event and for the local cherry variety. History Between the 11th and 13th centuries, the locality was greatly ...

. In his day, he was said to represent a ''rejuvenated

Palladio Andrea Palladio ( , ; ; 30 November 1508 – 19 August 1580) was an Italian Renaissance architect active in the Venetian Republic. Palladio, influenced by Roman and Greek architecture, primarily Vitruvius, is widely considered to be one ...

'', while by others, he was considered a plagiarist.F. Boni

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