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Alessandro Galilei

Alessandro Maria Gaetano Galilei (25 August 1691 – 21 December 1737) was an Italian mathematician, architect and theorist, and a distant relative of Galileo Galilei.

Alessandro Galilei

(1691-08-25)25 August 1691

Florence, Italy

21 December 1737(1737-12-21) (aged 46)

Rome, Italy

Italian

Architecture, mathematics

Dublin (1727) - likely had some input into the design of the south facade and temple folly

Drumcondra House

County Kildare (1718) - drawings which were later partially executed by Edward Lovett Pearce.

Castletown House

(1715) - designed a church for the site without a tower, elements of this design were later incorporated into the finished building

St. Werburgh's Church, Dublin

(1719) - completed drawings of a proposed entrance elevation for the church which were later completed by Isaac Wills of Thomas Burgh's office

St. Ann's Church, Dawson Street

"Alessandro Galilei"

Catholic Encyclopedia:

Castletown House: introduction

(photograph) Death date in inscription.

Wall monument to Alessandro Galilei, Santa Croce, Florence

(photographs)

Rome ArtLover: the façade of San Giovanni dei Fiorentini