Giulio Lasso was an Italian

Italy

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 architect

Architect

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, best known for his work in Palermo

Palermo

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, Sicily

Sicily

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. He was born in Florence

Florence

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His most famous work is the Quattro Canti

Quattro Canti

Quattro Canti, officially known as Piazza Vigliena, is a Baroque square in Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy.It was laid out on the orders of the Viceroy the Duke of Maqueda between 1608-1620 by Giulio Lasso at the crossing of the two principal streets in Palermo, the Via Maqueda and the Corso...

, an eight sided piazza

Piazza

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 in the centre of Palermo. The result of a road straightening and widening scheme, the Quattri Canti is one of Sicily's first examples of the Baroque

Baroque

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 style of architecture, and is also an early example of architectural town planning.

Lasso did not live to see its completion and the project was eventually finished under the supervision of Mariano Smiriglio, who was the architect of the Palermo Senate.