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Bernardo Buontalenti

c. 1531–1608 · 16th century

Bernardo Buontalenti was a Florentine architect, engineer, stage designer and artist in the service of the Medici grand dukes. He designed the Forte di Belvedere and the Medici villa at Pratolino, completed the Uffizi with its Tribuna, built the Grotta Grande in the Boboli Gardens and drew the plan of the new Livorno. He also staged the lavish court festivals of 1589 that helped prepare the way for opera.

Bernardo Buontalenti — Image: Pietro Antonio Pazzi · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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