Giuseppe Manetti

Plans for Palazzina Reale delle Cascine, 1787
La ghiacciaia (1795) of the Parco delle Cascine

Giuseppe Manetti (16 November 1761 โ€“ 28 August 1817) was a Neoclassic style architect and landscape architect active in Tuscany. The same name is shared by an Italian violinist (1802โ€”1858).

Biography

He was born and died in Florence. He helped design the layout of gardens for villas belonging to the Grand-Dukes of Florence. Among his best known works are two structure in the two-story Parco delle Cascine in Florence, the Palazzina Reale delle Cascine and the ghiacciaia or ice-house. The latter is shaped like a pyramid. He also designed the Corsi Annalena gardens in Oltrarno.

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