Mario Gioffredo

Mario Gaetano Gioffredo, also called the Neapolitan Vitruvius (14 May 1718 – 8 March 1785), was an Italian architect, engineer, and engraver.

He was born and died in Naples.

He designed the Palazzo Partanna in Naples.

He designed the church of Spirito Santo (1774),[2][3] and the monasteries of Maria Maddalena and Santa Caterina da Siena.

[5] In 1783, he was named the Royal architect to the Neapolitan Court, but had become blind.