Giuliano da Sangallo

Giuliano da Sangallo , born Giuliano Giamberti , with Florence about 1445, died with Rome in 1516, is a Engineer Florentin which, in addition to many Fortification S takes part, at the request of the Médicis, then of two popes, with the construction of several civil buildings and monk in Toscane and in Rome.

At Médicis

The father of Giuliano, Francesco Giamberti, is a carpenter with the service of Cosme de Médicis, whose two sons, Giuliano and Antonio known as Antonio da Sangallo Old the (1453-1534), choose the military career while becoming engineers of the fortifications. Giuliano enters initially to the service of Laurent Splendid the, of which he quickly becomes the preferred architect. With its request, it builds as from 1485 a Villa médicéenne with Poggio has Caiano, between Florence and Pistoia. It modernizes the Fortifications of Florence, Castellana and another fortified towns. Laurent the Splendid one orders to him moreover a monastery for the Grands Augustins, out the walls of Florence, opposite the door Saint-Gall, building which is worth in Giuliano and with his brother the name of artist da Sangallo who will make line like his son named Francesco da Sangallo.

The challenge of Notre Dame de Lorette

Da Sangallo is still with the service of Laurent the Splendid one when he visits Naples, where he is rewarded for various projects. To died its patron, in 1492, it leaves for Lorette and obtains the adjudication of work of the Coupole of the basilica of Santa Casa. But it must adopt specific measures, because the supports of the cupola, built before, present localized crushings. In order to improve masonry of the cupola, it makes come from the Pouzzolane from Rome to obtain a mortar high-strength.

With the service of papacy

It is with the invitation of the pope Alexandre VI that it leaves then for Rome, and draws the coffered ceiling of Sainte Marie Majeure. He then lengthily works for the pope Jules II, as well with the fortifications of the Château Saint-Angel as for the palate being next to the church of Saint-Pierre Captif, whose pope had been cardinal titular.

Its disappointment to see itself preferring Bramante for the construction of the Basilique Saint-Pierre is such as it determines it to turn over to Florence, and to take again its functions of military engineer there, because the war made then rage with Pisa.

Jules II, wanting to associate his talents of poliorcète to besiege Bologna, manages to make it return to Rome in 1514 by associating it with Michel-Angel to complete the construction of Saint-Pierre of Rome: da Sangallo still fills this office a year and half but is carried by the disease.

Internal bonds

Giorgio Vasari quotes it and describes its biography in Quickly the

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