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Sanmicheli
[ sahn-mee-ke-lee ]
noun
- Mi·che·le [mee-, ke, -le], 1484–1559, Italian architect and military engineer.
Sanmicheli
/ sanmiˈkɛːli /
noun
- SanmicheliMichele?14841559MItalianARCHITECTURE: architect Michele (miˈkɛːle). ?1484–1559, Italian mannerist architect
Example Sentences
The fine portal of the latter is one of Sanmicheli's works.
Near at hand is the fine palace that Sanmicheli erected for the Miniscalchi family, and in a lane a few steps away, a crumbling remnant of another fine house with a beautiful portal and row of windows.
In another chapel are the tombs of Gattamelata and his son; these and two monuments designed by Sanmicheli on two of the piers of the nave are the best in the church.
Encircling the high altar is a colonnade screen, which though beautiful in itself and designed by Sanmicheli, is sadly out of place.
Verona is connected with two great names in the history of Italian architecture, Fr� Giaconda, the monk who in the early days of Renaissance was supreme in the north, and Sanmicheli.
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