Francesco Laparelli. By sconosciuto - "Vita del Capitano Francesco Laparelli da Cortona" di Filippo Venuti, Livorno, 1761 https://books.google.it/books?id=untMAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=it#v=onepage&q&f=false, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=48651179

On this day: birth of architect Francesco Laparelli

Francesco Laparelli was born on 5 April 1521 in Cortona, one of the ancient Etruscan cities of what is now Tuscany, into one of the city’s wealthiest and most distinguished families. It was a beginning that gave him access, education and connections, and the opportunity to create one of Europe’s most extraordinary capital cities – […]

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