Giuseppe Balzaretto
{{Short description|Italian architect (1801–1874)}}
Giuseppe Balzaretto or Balzaretti (19 January 1801 – 30 April 1874) was an Italian landscape architect and architect.
Career
Balzaretto studied mathematics at the University of Pavia, but became interested in villa architectures and gardens. Among his initial projects were the gardens at the Villa Borromeo d'Adda in Arcore. As an architect, he helped refurbish the palace now housing the Poldi Pezzoli in Milan.{{cite web|url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/giuseppe-balzaretto_%28Dizionario_Biografico%29/%7c|title=Encyclopedia Treccani - entry on Giuseppe Balzaretto|publisher=}}[http://www.villeponti.it Historical notices on Centro Congresso Ville Ponti]
In 1858, he was commissioned to create the Indro Montanelli Public Gardens near the Porta Venezia in Milan, which he ordered in English landscape-style. Among his many private projects are:
- Gardens for the Villa Visconti Castiglione Maineri at Cassinetta di Lugagnano{{Cite web|url=http://terreslow.eguide.it/?poi=villa-visconti-castiglione-maineri|title=Villa Visconti Castiglione Maineri|date=2014-10-16|website=eGuide|language=it-IT|access-date=2019-07-04}}
- Gardens for the Villa Sironi-Marelli at Robecco sul Naviglio{{Cite web|url=http://www.robeccosulnaviglioturismo.it/villa-sironi-marelli/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704160315/http://www.robeccosulnaviglioturismo.it/villa-sironi-marelli/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 4, 2019|title=Villa Sironi Marelli {{!}} Le Ville Storiche {{!}} Robecco Sul Naviglio Turismo|language=it-IT|access-date=2019-07-04}}
- Gardens and refurbishment of Villa Andrea Ponti part of "Ville Ponti" at Varese{{Cite web|url=https://www.villeponti.it/en/facilities-villa-andrea/|title=Centro Congressi Ville Ponti {{!}} Villa Andrea|website=Ville Ponti|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-07-04}}
- Restructuring (1873) of Pia casa degli incurabili at Abbiategrasso {{Cite web|url=http://www.lombardiabeniculturali.it/archivi/soggetti-produttori/ente/MIDB000CF2/|title=Pia Casa degli incurabili di Abbiategrasso (1784 - 1937) – Archivi storici – Lombardia Beni Culturali|website=www.lombardiabeniculturali.it|access-date=2019-07-04}}
- Walls, towers, and gardens at Villa Torneamento{{Cite web|url=http://www.lombardiabeniculturali.it/architetture/schede/MI100-04985/|title=Villa Torneamento - complesso, Via della Taccona, 16 (P) - Monza (MB) – Architetture – Lombardia Beni Culturali|website=www.lombardiabeniculturali.it|access-date=2019-07-04}}
- Ca' de Sass (1869), first home of the Cassa di Risparmio delle Provincie Lombarde in Milan.
Giuseppe Balzaretti was named professor of architecture and design at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Genova{{cite book|title=Guida generale delle due province Genova e Porto Maurizio |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6aBNz9oXdMsC |editor=L. Ticozzi |year=1873 |page=88 |isbn= }} he was named a knight of the Order of the Crown of Italy on 14 August 1871.{{cite book|title=Calendario generale del Regno d'Italia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KNkjWs6lVLEC |editor=Unione tipografico-editrice |year=1872 |page=84 |isbn= }}
Balzaretti is buried in the Monumental Cemetery of Milan.
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Category:Architects from Milan
Category:19th-century Italian architects
Category:Italian landscape architects
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