Mauro Codussi, Architect

Mauro Codussi (1440-1504), a native of Lombardy, was one of the first architects to work in Venice in the Renaissance style. His works on public buildings include the upper floors of the Church of San Zaccaria, San Giovanni Crisostomo, Santa Maria Formosa and the Procuratie Vecchie in Piazza San Marco. He probably designed the Clock Tower of St. Mark, and rebuilt the Scuola Grande di San Marco after the fire of 1485. Two years earlier, another fire had destroyed the east wing of the Doge's Palace, and Codussi won the competition to repair it. His palaces include Ca' Vendramin Calergi and Palazzo Zorzi Galeoni. His architecture alludes to many elements of Venetian Gothic with which it harmonizes very well.

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