Giuseppe Balzaretto


Giuseppe Balzaretto or Balzaretti was an Italian landscape architect and architect.

Career

Balzaretto studied mathematics at the University of Pavia, but became interested in villa architectures and gardens. Among his initial projects were the gardens at the Villa Borromeo d'Adda in Arcore. As an architect, he helped refurbish the palace now housing the Poldi Pezzoli in Milan.
In 1858, he was commissioned to create the Indro Montanelli Public Gardens near the Porta Venezia in Milan, which he ordered in English landscape-style. Among his many private projects are:
Giuseppe Balzaretti was named professor of architecture and design at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Genova he was named a knight of the Order of the Crown of Italy on 14 August 1871.
Balzaretti is buried in the Monumental Cemetery of Milan.