Francesco Maria Preti

Francesco Maria Preti (1701-1774) was an Italian architect of the late-Baroque period. He was born in Castelfranco Veneto near Treviso. He trained in the University of Brescia, and returned to rebuild San Liberale, the cathedral of Castelfranco. A posthumous treatise on the Elements of Architecture was printed in Venice in 1780. He also designed a theater in Castelfranco. He designed a number of parrochial churches nearby in Valla, Salvatronda, Caselle, and Tombolo.

References

Milizia, Francesco (1826). Translated by Mrs. Edward Cresy, ed. The lives of celebrated architects, ancient and modern.Volume 1. J. Taylor Architectural Library, High Holborn, London. p. 374.

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