Francesco Maria Preti

Santa Maria Assunta e San Liberale, the cathedral of Castelfranco

Francesco Maria Preti (1701-1774) was an Italian architect of the late-Baroque period. He was born in Castelfranco Veneto near Treviso. He trained in the University of Brescia, and returned to rebuild Santa Maria Assunta e San Liberale, the cathedral of Castelfranco. A posthumous treatise on the Elements of Architecture was printed in Venice in 1780. He also designed a theater in Castelfranco. He designed a number of parochial churches nearby in Valla, Salvatronda, Caselle, and Tombolo.

References

• Milizia, Francesco (1826). Translated by Mrs. Edward Cresy (ed.). The lives of celebrated architects, ancient and modern.Volume 1. J. Taylor Architectural Library, High Holborn, London. p. 374.