Giovanni Battista Zanchi
Giovanni Battista Zanchi | |
|---|---|
 Portrait of Giovanni Battista Zanchi | |
| Born | 1515 |
| Died | 1586 |
| Occupation(s) | Engineer and author |
 | This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. (November 2022) |
Giovanni Battista Zanchi (1515–1586) was an Italian military engineer and author.
Life
Born in Pesaro in 1515 in a family originary from Bergamo, he was a captain leading 12.000 infantrymen and 500 knights for the duke of Parma and Piacenza Ottavio Farnese during the fights against Protestants in Germany. He came back at home with honors, and served during the Siena war under Marcantonio Colonna. In 1561 he was called in Cyprus, where he served as engineer with a salary of 50 ducats a month.
Zanchi wrote some treatises documenting his studies and observations about defensive fortifications of the cities.
Works
- Del modo di fortificar le città (in Italian). Venezia: Plinio Pietrasanta. 1554.
References
- Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne, París, 1843.
- Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne, París, L.G. Michaud, 1828.
- Miscellanea di storia italiana, Torino, 1874.
- The Penny cyclopaedia, London, 1843.
- Weiss, Charles, Biographie universelle ou ditionnaire historique, París, 1838.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| People | |
  | This biographical article about an Italian writer or poet is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |