Simone Cantoni (

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, 1736- Gorgonzœla, Milan, Italy , 3 March 1818) was a Swiss architect of the Neoclassical period, active mainly in Northern Italy.

Biography

His father was his first mentor, but sent him as a young man to Rome to study classical architecture. He worked there in the studio of Luigi Vanvitelli. He received a prize from the

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in 1764. He gained a post in Lombardy directing the construction of the Palazzo Mellerio in central Milan. Among his many works are the Villa Olmo in Como, Villa Cigalini in

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, Villa Giovia in Brescia, Villa Gallarati-Scotti in Oreno, Villa Muggiasca in

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, Villa Raimondi in Olmo near Como, the seminary and facade of the lyceum in Como, and the Palazzo Vailetti in

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. After the fire in the Ducal Palace of Genoa in 1777, he restored the building by replacing the wooden ceiling. He erected the Pertusati House in Milan using Palladian proportions. He built the

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in Milan. He also helped design the Church of ''San Michele'' in

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, the church of ''Sant'Ambrogio e Simpliciano'' in Carate Brianza, and the church of ''Santissima Maria Annunciata'' in Ponte Lambro.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cantoni, Simone 18th-century Italian people 18th-century Italian architects 19th-century Italian architects 1736 births 1818 deaths Architects from Ticino Italian neoclassical architects