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Mario Gioffredo

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Italian architect (1718–1785)

Mario Gaetano Gioffredo, also called the Neapolitan Vitruvius (14 May 1718 – 8 March 1785), was an Italian architect, engineer, and engraver.

Biography

He was born and died in Naples. He trained under Martino Buonocore. He was active in a Neoclassical style. He designed the Palazzo Partanna in Naples. He also worked in designs for the Teatrino of the Palazzo d'Afflitto (1748); the design of the Palazzo Latilla (1754), and the Palazzo Cavalcanti (1762). He designed the church of Spirito Santo (1774), and the monasteries of Maria Maddalena and Santa Caterina da Siena.

He wrote a treatise of architecture (1768). In 1783, he was named the Royal architect to the Neapolitan Court, but had become blind.

References

  1. Vicende della coltura nelle due Sicilie, by Pietro Napoli-Signorelli. Volume II, 2nd edition, Naples (1811); page 240.
  2. Encyclopedia Treccani, entry.
  3. Storia de' monumenti di Napoli e degli architetti Volume 1, By Camillo Napoleone Sasso, page 489-490.
  4. Napoli-Signorelli; page 242.
  5. Dell'Architettura by Mario Gioffredo.
  6. Napoli-Signorelli; page 242.
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