# PRETI, Francesco Maria

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## Artist

- Lifespan: 1701–1774
- Profession: architect
- School: Italian

## Biography

Italian architect. He trained at the University of Brescia, and returned to his native city to rebuild 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. Francesco Maria Preti designed a number of parochial churches nearby in Valla, Salvatronda, Caselle, and Tombolo.

## Related artworks

- [Exterior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/preti-francesco-maria-r29aafd240f92f9/exterior-view-ra1f74cde1bd08f>)
- [General view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/preti-francesco-maria-r29aafd240f92f9/general-view-ra354a740dddb1f>)
- [Villa Marcello: Façade](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/preti-francesco-maria-r29aafd240f92f9/villa-marcello-faade-r911ce4d4b9223b>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)