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Rocco Lurago (died 1590) was an Italian architect, active in Genoa in the 16th century.

He was born in Pelsopra, and moved to Genoa as a young man. He designed the Palazzo Doria-Tursi, adjacent to the Palazzo Bianco which now belongs to the city. He designed the Dominican monastery in Bosco Marengo for Pope Pius V. Francesco da Novi was his pupil.

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  • Milizia, Francesco (1797). Dizionario delle Belle Arti del Disegno y Estratto in Gran Parte dalla Enciclopedia Metodica da Francesco Milizia, Seconda Edizione, Tomo Secondo. Bassano, Italy. p. 53.
  • Boni, Filippo de' (1852). Biografia degli artisti ovvero dizionario della vita and delle opere dei pittori, degli scultori, degli intagliatori, dei tipografi and dei musici di ogni nazione che fiorirono da'tempi più remoti sino á nostri giorni. Seconda Edizione. Venice; Googlebooks: Presso Andrea Santini and Figlio. p. 590.



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