Ottone Calderari
{{Short description|Palladian architect in Vicenza, Italy}}
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Ottone Calderari (13 September 1730 – 26 October 1803) was an Italian architect and writer of architectural design.
Calderari was born and died in Vicenza. He made the designs for the Palazzos Loschi (Zileri dal Verme), Anti, Sola, Bonini, and Cordellina located in and near Vicenza. He completed the Palazzetto Capra Lampertico for the {{ill|Capra family|it|Capra (famiglia)}}.[http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/ottone-calderari/ Entry in Treccani Encyclopedia] He helped construct the church of Santorso, province of Vicenza. His design for a facade of the church of San Marco in San Girolamo in Vicenza, was later used for the church of St. Filippo Neri by Antonio Piovene. He was active in some of the reconstruction and expansions of Thiene Cathedral. He also worked in Verona, Padua, and Marostica.
In his day, he was said to represent a rejuvenated Palladio,[http://www.vicenzanews.it/a_184_IT_908_1.html Vicenza News entry about exhibit of Calderari] while by others, he was considered a plagiarist.F. Boni
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- {{cite book| first=Filippo de'| last=Boni| year=1852| title=Biografia degli artisti ovvero dizionario della vita e delle opere dei pittori, degli scultori, degli intagliatori, dei tipografi e dei musici di ogni nazione che fiorirono da'tempi più remoti sino á nostri giorni. Seconda Edizione.| editor = | pages= 167 | publisher=Presso Andrea Santini e Figlio|location=Venice; Googlebooks |id= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IU0_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA441 | authorlink=}}
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Category:Architects from Vicenza
Category:18th-century Italian architects