Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (or Antonio Cordiani), (1484–1546), Florentine architect and the Elder's nephew
Palazzo Farnese was initially built as a fortress, as the town and the surrounding area was a feud of the House of Farnese, by the cardinal Alessandro Farnese senio in 1530, according to a project of the architect Antonio da Sangallo, one of the most important architects of the time.
The latter was constructed in an octagonal floorplan by Antonio da Sangallo, over an Etruscan colombarium previously erected on a rocky outcrop on the lake.
To the left of the palace is the Palazzo di Pirro, built by a pupil of Antonio da Sangallo.
Of this phase remain in the three towers built in the Renaissance reconstruction unfortunately remained unfinished, attributed to Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, architect, of the Farnese, who changed the castle into a palace.
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As a boy he learned the rudiments of painting and architecture from his father Giulio, an architect and engineer who studied under Antonio da Sangallo, and his aunt Teodora, who was said to have studied under the painter Perugino and also wrote a commentary on Euclid.