Sanmicheli

[sahn-mee-ke-lee]

noun

1. Michele 1484–1559, Italian architect and military engineer.

Sanmicheli

/ sanmiˈkɛːli /

noun

1. Michele (miˈkɛːle). ?1484–1559, Italian mannerist architect

Example Sentences

The fine portal of the latter is one of Sanmicheli's works.

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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.

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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.

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Encircling the high altar is a colonnade screen, which though beautiful in itself and designed by Sanmicheli, is sadly out of place.

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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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