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| birth_place = [[Valletta]], [[History of Malta under the Order of Saint John|Malta]]
| birth_place = [[Valletta]], [[Hospitaller Malta]]
| death_date = 19 October 1772 (aged 69)
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==Life and career==
==Life and career==
He was born in [[Valletta]] on 13 October 1703 to the surgeon Giuseppe Belli and his wife Francesca Romano. He spent some time in [[Venice]] as a youth, and he later traveled to [[Austria]] and (Germany).<ref name="dictionary">{{cite book|last1=Schiavone|first1=Michael J.|title=Dictionary of Maltese Biographies Vol. 1 A-F|date=2009|publisher=Pubblikazzjonijiet Indipendenza|location=[[Pietà, Malta|Pietà]]|isbn=9789993291329|page=192}}</ref>
He was born in [[Valletta]] on 13 October 1703 to the surgeon Giuseppe Belli and his wife Francesca Romano. He spent some time in [[Venice]] as a youth, and he later traveled to [[Austria]] and (Germany).<ref name="dictionary">{{cite book|last1=Schiavone|first1=Michael J.|title=Dictionary of Maltese Biographies Vol. 1 A-F|date=2009|publisher=Pubblikazzjonijiet Indipendenza|location=[[Pietà, Malta|Pietà]]|isbn=9789993291329|page=192}}</ref>


[[File:Auberge de Castille.jpeg|thumb|Auberge de Castille, Belli's masterpiece]]
[[File:Auberge de Castille in Valletta, Malta (29359161198).jpg|thumb|Auberge de Castille, Belli's masterpiece]]
[[File:Mdina-kathedral-museum.JPG|thumb|The [[Mdina]] Seminary (now the [[St. Paul's Cathedral, Mdina#Cathedral Museum|Cathedral Museum]]), which is attributed to Belli]]
[[File:Mdina-kathedral-museum.JPG|thumb|The [[Mdina]] Seminary (now the [[Mdina Cathedral Museum|Cathedral Museum]]), which is attributed to Belli]]


As an entrepreneur, Belli became a successful businessman by having achieved monopoly from Grand Master Pinto over the export of Maltese limestone and other products to Africa, Asia and Europe.<ref>{{cite book|title=60th anniversary of the Malta Historical Society: a commemoration|location=[[Zabbar]]|editor=Joseph F. Grima|publisher=Veritas Press|date=2010|isbn=978-99932-0-942-3|oclc=779340904|last1=Ellul|first1=Michael|chapter=Malta Limestone goes to Europe: Use of Malta Stone outside Malta|pages=371-406|url=http://maltahistory.eu5.net/60/60_25.html#_ftn14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325173202/http://maltahistory.eu5.net/60/60_25.html|archive-date=25 March 2019}}</ref>
As an entrepreneur, Belli became a successful businessman by having achieved monopoly from Grand Master Pinto over the export of Maltese limestone and other products to Africa, Asia and Europe.<ref>{{cite book|title=60th anniversary of the Malta Historical Society: a commemoration|location=[[Zabbar]]|editor=Joseph F. Grima|publisher=Veritas Press|date=2010|isbn=978-99932-0-942-3|oclc=779340904|last1=Ellul|first1=Michael|chapter=Malta Limestone goes to Europe: Use of Malta Stone outside Malta|pages=371–406|url=http://maltahistory.eu5.net/60/60_25.html#_ftn14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325173202/http://maltahistory.eu5.net/60/60_25.html|archive-date=25 March 2019}}</ref>


Belli became an architect, and he designed several buildings in the [[Baroque architecture|Baroque]] style. A possible portrait of him with the design of Casa Manresa (today the Curia of the Bishop) dates to his lifetime.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.academia.edu/20042638/Representation_of_architects_and_building_projects_in_seicento_and_settecento_local_art_Malta|title=Representation of architects and building projects in seicento and settecento local art, Malta|first=Christine Stefanie|last=Kunkler|via=academia.edu}}</ref>
Belli became an architect, and he designed several buildings in the [[Baroque architecture|Baroque]] style. A possible portrait of him with the design of Casa Manresa (today the Curia of the Bishop) dates to his lifetime.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.academia.edu/20042638|title=Representation of architects and building projects in seicento and settecento local art, Malta|first=Christine Stefanie|last=Kunkler|via=academia.edu}}</ref>


Under the influence of his brother Gabriele, listener of the Master Mason [[Manuel Pinto da Fonseca|Pinto]]<ref>{{cite book | author = Albert Ganado | url = https://books.google.it/books?id=eh3qAAAAMAAJ&q=%22gabriele+belli%22%2B%22+Pinto%22&dq=%22gabriele+belli%22%2B%22+Pinto%22&hl=it&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjRj8ig7LPiAhUOyaQKHT9_AS4Q6AEIKDAA | title = Palace of the Grand Masters in Valletta | page = 38 | publisher = Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti | year = 2001 | oclc = 264974877 | isbn = 9789993210122}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | author = [[Giovanni Bonello]] | url = https://books.google.it/books?id=-4doAAAAMAAJ&q=%22gabriele+belli%22%2B%22+Pinto%22&dq=%22gabriele+belli%22%2B%22+Pinto%22&hl=it&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjRj8ig7LPiAhUOyaQKHT9_AS4Q6AEILjAB | title = Histories of Malta | page = 161 | volume = 1 | publisher = Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti | year = 2000 | isbn = 9789993210016 | oclc = 48039980}}</ref>, Andrea got regular commissioned works by the Order of Malta as designer of the main buildings of the 18th century [[Maltese Baroque architecture#Eighteenth century|Maltese Baroque architecture]].
Under the influence of his brother Gabriele, listener of the Master Mason [[Manuel Pinto da Fonseca|Pinto]],<ref>{{cite book | author = Albert Ganado | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=eh3qAAAAMAAJ&q=%22gabriele+belli%22%2B%22+Pinto%22 | title = Palace of the Grand Masters in Valletta | page = 38 | publisher = Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti | year = 2001 | oclc = 264974877 | isbn = 9789993210122}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | author = Giovanni Bonello | author-link = Giovanni Bonello | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=-4doAAAAMAAJ&q=%22gabriele+belli%22%2B%22+Pinto%22 | title = Histories of Malta | page = 161 | volume = 1 | publisher = Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti | year = 2000 | isbn = 9789993210016 | oclc = 48039980}}</ref> Andrea got regular commissioned works by the Order of Malta as designer of the main buildings of the 18th century [[Maltese Baroque architecture#Eighteenth century|Maltese Baroque architecture]].


Notable buildings made or attributed to him include:<ref name="dictionary"/><ref name="gaul">{{cite book|last=Gaul|first=Simon|title=Malta, Gozo and Comino|url=https://books.google.com.mt/books?id=Fevix8jSqg0C&pg=PA325|publisher=New Holland publishers|date=2007|page=325|isbn=9781860113659}}</ref>
Notable buildings made or attributed to him include:<ref name="dictionary"/><ref name="gaul">{{cite book|last=Gaul|first=Simon|title=Malta, Gozo and Comino|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fevix8jSqg0C&pg=PA325|publisher=New Holland publishers|date=2007|page=325|isbn=9781860113659}}</ref>
*Seminary (now the [[St. Paul's Cathedral, Mdina#Cathedral Museum|Cathedral Museum]]), [[Mdina]] (1733–42, attributed)
*Seminary (now the [[Mdina Cathedral Museum|Cathedral Museum]]), [[Mdina]] (1733–42, attributed)
*Augustinian priory, [[Rabat, Malta|Rabat]] (1740)
*Augustinian priory, [[Rabat, Malta|Rabat]] (1740)
*[[Auberge de Castille]], [[Valletta]] (1741–45)
*[[Auberge de Castille]], [[Valletta]] (1741–45)
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*Centrepiece of Bishop's Palace, Valletta
*Centrepiece of Bishop's Palace, Valletta
*Church of Our Lady of Divine Providence, [[Siġġiewi]] (1750)
*Church of Our Lady of Divine Providence, [[Siġġiewi]] (1750)
*[[Admiralty House (Valletta)|Palazzo Don Raimondo]] (now the [[National Museum of Fine Arts, Malta|National Museum of Fine Arts]]), Valletta (1761–63)
*[[Admiralty House (Valletta)|Palazzo Don Raimondo]] (formerly the [[National Museum of Fine Arts, Malta|National Museum of Fine Arts]]), Valletta (1761–63)
*St. Philip Neri church, [[Birgu]] (attributed)
*St. Philip Neri church, [[Birgu]] (attributed)
*Palazzo Bonici, Valletta<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/one-world-protecting-the-most-significant-buildings-monuments-and.212939|title=One World – Protecting the most significant buildings, monuments and features of Valletta (12)|website=The Times|location=Malta}}</ref>
*Palazzo Bonici, Valletta<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/one-world-protecting-the-most-significant-buildings-monuments-and.212939|title=One World – Protecting the most significant buildings, monuments and features of Valletta (12)|website=The Times|location=Malta}}</ref>
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
*{{cite newspaper|first=Giovanni|last=Bonello|date=April 1996|title=Andrea Belli, Baroque Architect, Industrialist, Slave Dealer and Impresario|work=The Sunday Times}}
*{{cite news|first=Giovanni|last=Bonello|date=April 1996|title=Andrea Belli, Baroque Architect, Industrialist, Slave Dealer and Impresario|work=The Sunday Times}}
*{{cite book|first=Giovanni|last=Bonello|date=2000|url=http://www.patrimonju.org/content.aspx?id=119835&subId=114434|title=Art in Malta – Discoveries and Recoveries]|publisher=[[Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti]]|publisher=125-142|isbn=99909-959-7-4}}
*{{cite book|first=Giovanni|last=Bonello|date=2000|url=http://www.patrimonju.org/content.aspx?id=119835&subId=114434|title=Art in Malta – Discoveries and Recoveries|publisher=[[Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti]]|pages=125–142|isbn=99909-959-7-4|access-date=5 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828150940/http://www.patrimonju.org/content.aspx?id=119835&subId=114434|archive-date=28 August 2016|url-status=dead}}


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Latest revision as of 22:07, 23 June 2022

Andrea Belli
Born13 October 1703
Valletta, Hospitaller Malta
Died19 October 1772 (aged 69)
NationalityMaltese
Occupation(s)Architect and businessman
Notable workAuberge de Castille
StyleBaroque
Spouse
Teresa Gam
​
(m. 1737)​
ChildrenGiuseppe Belli
Parents
  • Giuseppe Belli (father)
  • Francesca Romano (mother)

Andrea Belli (13 October 1703 – 19 October 1772) was a Maltese architect and businessman. He designed several Baroque buildings, including Auberge de Castille in Valletta, which is now the Office of the Prime Minister of Malta.

Life and career[edit]

He was born in Valletta on 13 October 1703 to the surgeon Giuseppe Belli and his wife Francesca Romano. He spent some time in Venice as a youth, and he later traveled to Austria and (Germany).[1]

Auberge de Castille, Belli's masterpiece
The Mdina Seminary (now the Cathedral Museum), which is attributed to Belli

As an entrepreneur, Belli became a successful businessman by having achieved monopoly from Grand Master Pinto over the export of Maltese limestone and other products to Africa, Asia and Europe.[2]

Belli became an architect, and he designed several buildings in the Baroque style. A possible portrait of him with the design of Casa Manresa (today the Curia of the Bishop) dates to his lifetime.[3]

Under the influence of his brother Gabriele, listener of the Master Mason Pinto,[4][5] Andrea got regular commissioned works by the Order of Malta as designer of the main buildings of the 18th century Maltese Baroque architecture.

Notable buildings made or attributed to him include:[1][6]

Our Lady of Divine Providence Church

Auberge de Castille is regarded as his masterpiece.[1]

Belli was also involved in business, and in 1741 he took over the firm of the Manoel Theatre.[1]

Belli married Teresa Gam on 5 June 1737, and they had one son called Giuseppe.[1]

He died on 19 October 1772 at the age of 69.[1]

Further reading[edit]

  • Bonello, Giovanni (April 1996). "Andrea Belli, Baroque Architect, Industrialist, Slave Dealer and Impresario". The Sunday Times.
  • Bonello, Giovanni (2000). Art in Malta – Discoveries and Recoveries. Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti. pp. 125–142. ISBN 99909-959-7-4. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Schiavone, Michael J. (2009). Dictionary of Maltese Biographies Vol. 1 A-F. Pietà: Pubblikazzjonijiet Indipendenza. p. 192. ISBN 9789993291329.
  2. ^ Ellul, Michael (2010). "Malta Limestone goes to Europe: Use of Malta Stone outside Malta". In Joseph F. Grima (ed.). 60th anniversary of the Malta Historical Society: a commemoration. Zabbar: Veritas Press. pp. 371–406. ISBN 978-99932-0-942-3. OCLC 779340904. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019.
  3. ^ Kunkler, Christine Stefanie. "Representation of architects and building projects in seicento and settecento local art, Malta" – via academia.edu. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ Albert Ganado (2001). Palace of the Grand Masters in Valletta. Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti. p. 38. ISBN 9789993210122. OCLC 264974877.
  5. ^ Giovanni Bonello (2000). Histories of Malta. Vol. 1. Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti. p. 161. ISBN 9789993210016. OCLC 48039980.
  6. ^ Gaul, Simon (2007). Malta, Gozo and Comino. New Holland publishers. p. 325. ISBN 9781860113659.
  7. ^ "One World – Protecting the most significant buildings, monuments and features of Valletta (12)". The Times. Malta.
  8. ^ Mifsud, Maria (23 November 2008). Restoring old buildings. The Times (Malta). Archived from the original on 1 April 2016.
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