Mario Gioffredo

Mario Gaetano Gioffredo, also called the Neapolitan Vitruvius, was an Italian Neoclassical architect, engineer, and engraver. In 1783, he was named the Royal architect to the Neapolitan Court. Among his most notable buildings are Palazzo Latilla (1754), and Palazzo Cavalcanti (1762), the church of Spirito Santo (1774), and the monasteries of Maria Maddalena and Santa Caterina da Siena.