Aloisio the New

Aloisio the New ( 15th century *, † 1531? ) Was an Italian architect, the beginning of the 16th century in Moscow worked. His real name is not known exactly; according to some historians he is Aloisio Lamberti da Montagnana. In Russia Aloisio the New (Russian Алевиз ( Фрязин ) Новый ) was named to the time of his ministry Aloisio; the suffix " the New " da Milano should distinguish him from his Aleviz also mentioned compatriot Aloisio, who worked several years earlier in Moscow.

Aloisio came from either Milan or Venice. In 1500 he was the Moscow Grand Prince Ivan III. invited through its ambassador in Venice to Russia: He should be involved in the completion of the new Moscow Kremlin and among other things, replace the few years before the late Pietro Antonio Solari Bauschaffenden, who had also been brought from Italy to Moscow. Aloisio, however, came only in 1504 to Moscow: In the meantime he built in the Crimean State under Khan Meñli I Giray the still partially preserved today Khan's Palace in Bakhchisaray. After arriving in Moscow Aloisio built first the new Archangel Michael Cathedral in the Kremlin, and set them in 1508, after the death of Ivan III. , Done. He made ​​use of both the old Russian traditions and sacred building of the Renaissance style of his native country.

Another well-known Kremlin building Aloisios was the artificial moat on the eastern Kremlin wall, along the Red Square. This trench was originally used as a supplement to the fortifications of the Kremlin and existed until the beginning of the 19th century. He was named after the popular Russian name of the architect as Aleviz Trench ( Алевизов ров ).

In the later years of the New Aloisio created several more church buildings in Moscow, some of which are still standing or have been rebuilt. He may have died in 1531 in the explosion of a Moscow gunpowder factory.