Andrea Allio the Younger

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Andrea Allio the Younger (also: Aglio, Daglio, De Aglio, de Lalio, Ladio * in Scaria ; † between 1 to 10 January 1645 in Vienna ) was a from Italy originating Baroque -Baumeister in Vienna in the 17th century .

Life

He came from a widespread family of master builders and masons , stonemasons , sculptors and plasterers from the area around Lake Como , from Scaria in Val d'Intelvi . His parents were Santino and Catarina Allio; his uncle was the builder Andrea Allio the Elder , who had lived in Vienna since the 1620s and who probably brought him to Vienna. The younger Allio has been in Vienna since 1641. In that year he married Lucia Retacco, the widow of the Viennese builder and countryman Giovanni Battista Orsi . In the year he died, she married the Viennese master builder Silvester Carlone , who also came from his home village .

plant

  • Allio the Younger was involved in the renovation and rebuilding of the Michaelerkirche of the Barnabite Monastery in Vienna.
  • On 2 March 1643 the abbot of the mandated Vienna Schottenstift , Anton Spindler of Hoffegg , him and his uncle with the continuation of the 1638 started partial rebuilding of dilapidated and already partially collapsed and demolished Gothic (ruled 1642-1648.) Benedictine - Abbey on the Freyung . They created a barrel-vaulted wall pillar basilica in the style of the Italian early baroque. They also rebuilt the crypt and changed the west facade, whereby the two towers were not completed. Silvester Carlone was another Viennese builder involved. The church was consecrated in 1648.
  • In 1644 he continued the renovation (inner courtyard) of the Casa Santa , the Loreto Chapel on the Hradschin in Prague , succeeding Giovanni Battista Orsi ; after his death in 1646, Silvester Carlone took over the construction.

literature

  • Gottfried Litschauer: The Schottenstift and the Turkish year 1683 . Vienna 1933.
  • W. Berger: The Schottenstift Vienna . 1966.
  • Cölestin Roman Rapf: The Schottenstift (= Viennese history books, volume 13). Vienna, Hamburg 1974.
  • Heinrich Ferenczy: The Schottenstift and its works of art . Vienna 1980.
  • General artist lexicon. The visual artists of all times and peoples . Volume 2, prepared, edited and edited by Günter Meißner and others. Seemann, Leipzig 1986.
  • The Loreto Chapel in Prague . In: Journal of Art Technology and Conservation . 1996, ISSN  0931-7198

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personal data
SURNAME Allio, Andrea the Younger
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aglio, Andrea; Daglio, Andrea; De Aglio, Andrea; de Lalio, Andrea; LaDio, Andrea
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian baroque builder in Vienna
DATE OF BIRTH before 1641
PLACE OF BIRTH Scaria
DATE OF DEATH between January 1, 1645 and January 10, 1645
Place of death Vienna