Filarete

Architect

1400 – 1469

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Who was Filarete?

Antonio di Pietro Averlino, also "Averulino", known as Filarete, was a Florentine Renaissance architect, sculptor and architectural theorist. He is perhaps best remembered for his design of the ideal city of Sforzinda, the first ideal city plan of the Renaissance.

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Born
1400
Florence
Also known as
  • Antonio di Pietro Averlino
  • Antonio Filarete
Nationality
  • Italy
Profession
Died
1469
Rome

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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