Italian architect
Martino Longhi the Elder (1534–1591) was an Italian architect, the father of Onorio Longhi and the grandfather of Martino Longhi the Younger . He is also known as Martino Lunghi .
He was born in Viggiù into a family of architects, and initially worked in Germany for the Altemps family, who were relatives of the Milanese Borromeo . Later he was hired by Pope Pius IV to work, along with Giorgio Vasari and Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola to the church of Santa Croce in Bosco Marengo , the pope's hometown (1566–1572).
Longhi moved to Rome in 1569. Here he worked to Palazzo Altemps , Palazzo Borghese (the court, possibly inspired to Pellegrino Tibaldi 's modules) and designed the churches of Santa Maria della Consolazione , Palazzo Cesi-Armellini and San Girolamo degli Schiavoni .[ 1] Also by Longhi is the tower of Palazzo Senatorio , in the Capitol Hill , which he modified from the original Michelangelo 's design.
He died in Rome in 1591.
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