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Giovanni Battista Aleotti

1546–1636 · 17th century

Giovanni Battista Aleotti was an Italian architect and engineer from Argenta who worked for the dukes of Ferrara and later for the Farnese of Parma. He designed the Teatro Farnese, built in 1618 inside the Palazzo della Pilotta in Parma, one of the earliest theatres with a permanent proscenium arch. He also wrote on hydraulics and land drainage in the Po delta.

Giovanni Battista Aleotti
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