Mauro Codussi [SEP] place of death
Mauro Codussi
Mauro Codussi (1440–1504) was an Italian architect of the early-Renaissance, active mostly in Venice. The name is also rendered as "Coducci". He was one of the first to bring the classical style of the early renaissance to Venice to replace the prevalent Gothic style.
Born near Bergamo about 1440, he is first recorded in Venice in 1469, where he was working on the church of San Michele in Isola on the island between Venice and Murano, where Venice now has its cemetery.
Merceria leaves the Piazza. Buildings were demolished to make room for it and building started in 1496.
The design of the tower is generally attributed on grounds of style (though without documentary evidence) to Mauro Codussi. The Merceria passes through the archway at the foot of the tower. It is one of the principal streets of the city and leads to the Rialto. Deborah Howard explains how the idea was probably derived by Codussi from Alberti's work 'De re aedificatoria' ("About Building"), published earlier