Alessandro Manetti
Alessandro Manetti (17 February 1787 – 10 December 1865) was an Italian architect and engineer. Graduated from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, Manetti is responsible for several works in the Tuscany region during the 19th century, in particular the Leopold II Bridge (Ponte Leopoldo II) (completed in 1833) and the Cinta daziaria di Livorno (completed in 1835).
Alessandro Manetti
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- Name
- Alessandro Manetti
- Born
- 17 February 1787
- Birthplace
- Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
- Died
- 10 December 1865
- Place of death
- Florence, Italy
- Occupation
- Architect, engineer
- Known for
- Leopoldo II Bridge
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Italy
- Languages
- English · Italian
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Alessandro Manetti (17 February 1787 – 10 December 1865) was an Italian architect and engineer. Graduated from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, Manetti is responsible for several works in the Tuscany region during the 19th century, in particular the Leopold II Bridge (Ponte Leopoldo II) (completed in 1833) and the Cinta daziaria di Livorno (completed in 1835).
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• Name — Alessandro Manetti • Born — 17 February 1787 • Birthplace — Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany • Died — 10 December 1865 • Place of death — Florence, Italy • Occupation — Architect, engineer • Known for — Leopoldo II Bridge
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- 1.In quel momento, la Toscana faceva parte a tutti gli effetti dello stato francese.
- 2.Un libro sulla colonna di Indicatore, voluta dal Granduca per indicare la strada.
- 3.Il progetto potrebbe risalire però al 1811-12 almeno per quanto riportato (senza ulteriori indicazioni di fonti documentarie) in C. Cresti, L. Zangheri, Architetti e ingegneri nella Toscana dell'Ottocento, Firenze 1978.
- 4.Salvatore Gioitta, Ponte sull'Ombrone, in "Opere" n. 2, giugno 2005.
- 5.Reishammer era genero di Manetti, in quanto nel 1834 ne aveva sposato una delle figlie.
- 6.Solo negli anni successivi alla morte di Poccianti (1858) fu aperto un varco anche lungo il viale degli Acquedotti.
- 7.L'opera progettata per l'attraversamento dell'Arno con una galleria lunga ben 255 metri suscitò la sincera ammirazione del granduca Leopoldo II di Toscana.
- 8.Manetti, Bonificamento della Maremma, 1849.
- 9.Messina, Paolini, Sestini, Primi esempi di ponti sospesi in Toscana, in "Contributi alla storia della costruzione metallica", 1982.
- 10.Messina, Paolini, Sestini, op. cit.
- 11.ASF - Acque e strade n°. 1546.
- 12.Di un suo viaggio in Francia nel 1830 per seguire l'evoluzione tecnica resta una relazione al Granduca in cui descrive canali, strade, ferrovie e ponti.
- 13.Alessandro Manetti, Descrizioni della Macchine per trafori Artesiani, e dei pozzi forati in Toscana dal 1829 al 1833, Firenze, Tipografia all'insegna di Dante 1833.
- 14.A. Manetti, Mio passatempo. Scritto postumo del Comm. A. Manetti, già Direttore generale delle Acque e Strade e delle Fabbriche civili in Toscana, Tipografia Carnesecchi, Firenze 1885.
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