Giovan Battista Filippo Basile

Giovan Battista Filippo Basile (August 8, 1825 in Palermo – June 16, 1891) was an Italian architect.

From childhood, Vincenzo Tineo, an erudite horticulturalist in Palermo, recognized Basile's talent, and was able to sponsor his education, and gain him entry into the university to study physical and mathematical sciences.

Basile and eventually received or won his degree in architecture, which at the time was a prize conferred through a competition.

He also was a disciple of the engraver of antiquities, Luigi Canina, before the latter was called to occupy an honorary position at the Royal Institute of British Architects.

Basile performed studies on ancient and antique art and monuments, including the temples of Fortuna Virilis, Vesta, and Giove Tonante (Thundering Jove), and the tombs of Bibulus and Scipio, and the ruins of Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli.