Alessandro Galilei

Alessandro Galilei ( born August 25, 1691 Florence, † December 21, 1737 in Rome ) was an Italian architect.

Galileo remained from 1714 to 1719 in England, but where none of his projects was realized. However, he came here with the Palladian in contact, who initiated his devotion to classical forms. Then he was at the Grand Dukes Cosimo III. de ' Medici, Gian Gastone and de' Medici in Florence worked as a military engineer and architect. Meaning he did not arrive until 1731, when it Pope Clement XII. summoned to Rome. There he built the chapel in 1732 Corsini of San Giovanni in Laterano and 1734 the facade of San Giovanni dei Fiorentini. His main work applies the facade of San Giovanni in Laterano, which was built from 1733 to 1736. She is a classical interpretation of the facade of St. Peter's Basilica and was inspired by Christopher Wren. Galileo knew how to combine monumentality with taste and elegance.