Antonio Diedo

Duomo di Schio

Prato della Valle

Antonio Diedo (15 November 1772 – 1 January 1847) was an Italian architect. Born in Venice, he was active both in his natal city and the mainland towns of the Republic of Venice.

Biography

Born to parents from the Venetian patrician families of Diedo and Priuli, as a young man he entered the seminary in Padua. He soon developed an interest in architecture and was educated in that art by Giacomo or Jacopo Albertolli (grandson of Giocondo Albertolli, a noted architect. Antonio wrote a number of treatises on architecture, including a monograph on Giovanni Battista Novello; a Speech on architecture read in 1805 at the Accademia Veneta dei Filareti; a Dissertation about the imitation of the antique in architecture given to the same academy; and and article in the Giornale di Padova about the work of Querenghi, titled Sul bello di proporzione in architettura. He became secretary and professor of the Academy of Fine Arts of Venice. In 1838, he was knighted to the Order of the Crown of Iron by the Austrian emperor Ferdinand I.

Among his designs were:

• Facade of Palazzo Giustinian-Recanati sulle Zattere, Venice
• Windows and door of the facade of San Maurizio, Venice
• Oratory in Casa Grimani-Wetzlar on the Brenta Canal
• Principal stairwell of Casa Contarini in the frazione of Ponte di Brenta, Padua
• Ground floor of Palazzo Giovanelli in Ponte di Brenta
• Facade of Casa Gregoletti in contrada San Gaetano of Padua
• Parish church and bell-tower at Canda in the Province of Rovigo
• Facade of the Duomo of Schio, while the entrance stairs were designed by Giovanni Battista Meduna
• Main altar of the parish church of San Bonifacio
• Parish church and bell-tower at Piovene
• Bell-tower at Breganze
• Altars for the church of San Pietro, Belluno
• Bell-tower of San Vito, Asolo
• Oratory in Casa Trevisan in Terraglio

Church of San Donato di Piave