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Ligorio, Pirro

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Ligorio, Pirro (c. 1500–1583)

Italian architect, born in Naples. He designed the Villa d'Este at Tivoli near Rome (1550–69) for his patron Cardinal Ippolito d'Este. Incorporating both landscape features and a terraced garden, Ligorio's plan shows the influence of both Bramante and Raphael. He also worked on the Vatican.

Ligorio also built the Casino in the Vatican gardens for Pope Pius IV (1558–62), but in 1565 was dismissed as Michelangelo's successor at St Peter's after altering Michelangelo's designs. He was also known as a painter and an antiquarian, although he was suspected of forging certain Roman antiquities. Several of Ligorio's buildings were also adorned with stucco decorations by him, including the Casino in the Vatican.



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