168:(in English: Perennial waters and streams that flow into the Brenta river from its origins to Nove, a village in Vicenza), preserved in the Civic Library, Bassano, speaks extensively of the river Brenta, its springs and tributaries. He also wrote some expert reports for the restoration work on the arches of the Brenta bridge. Among his most important urban accomplishments in Bassano was the construction of the current Viale delle Fosse, a boulevard, which reclaimed the land along the eastern walls of the city. In 1776 he redesigned the Piazza San Francesco (now Garibaldi), infilling the ‘fossa’ (In English:pit or pool) which had been in the centre of the square to be used in cases of fire in the town. In 1782, he was commissioned to design a monument in honour of the engineer and clockmaker
62:
209:, who asked Gaidon to accompany him on several excursions in the Vicenza area. Gaidon's geological observations and studies of the vegetation and flora around Bassano, made their way into the numerous letters that appeared between 1778 and 1784 in the Natural Science columns of the Nuovo Giornale d'Italia. Other articles were published on a variety of other topics, such as an article on the lead mine of Valsugana
44:
His father came from a long line of stonemasons. As a boy, in order to follow his father's trade, Gaidon was placed in the workshop of
Giovanni Bonato. He reluctantly applied himself to the trade of stonemason but preferred scientific subjects such as geometry and engineering. For example, he read
260:
In 1817, he was still a civil engineer. An accidental fall in 1823 forced him to slow down his activities and he spent his last years with his children in
Vicenza. Antonio Gaidon died on November 22, 1829, in his home at number 453, calesello Terraglia, Bassano del Grappa. The death register at S.
251:
Antonio Gaidon's sons, Giuseppe and Pietro from his second marriage to
Domenica Campesan in 1770, were also architects and, perhaps in an effort to further their careers, he favoured the confusion between his drawings and those of his sons, as in the case of the project for the church of Blessed
179:. (Ferracina was particularly famous for the reconstruction of the clock on the tower in Piazza San Marco in Venice). In his later years, between 1810 and 1812, Gaidon oversaw the work on two roads which, starting from Bassano, headed eastwards towards the
183:
river and are still today, with some modifications, the arteries of main traffic routes in the area. The first (the Strada del
Molinetto) ran at the foot of the Grappa massif, the other (today Schiavonesca Marosticana) ran south of the hilly belt up to
163:
Gaidon's endeavours were not limited to architecture alone. In 1769, he was appointed a land surveyor or "public appraiser", by the
Council of the city of Bassano, a position he held for forty years. A manuscript by Gaidon dated 1788, entitled:
204:
Alongside the activity of architect and urban planner, Gaidon did not forget the natural sciences. These studies were driven by the
Venetian nobleman Iacopo Morosini and by the geologist and superintendent of agriculture of the Venetian state
97:. With Bernardi, Gaidon achieved rapid progress. The association between the two continued for many years before breaking down in 1790, when Gaidon accused Bernardi of plagiarising his projects.
104:. In the same period, Gaidon dedicated himself to the construction of the church of Mussolente (now the Sanctuary of the Madonna dell’Acqua) and, probably, of the villa
143:. In 1773, he began works for the church at Sant'Eulalia in the Treviso area (completed in 1794). Later he oversaw the construction of the church at
648:
217:. (Naples Rural Magazine, 1786). These studies brought Gaidon into contact with the greatest geologists and naturalists of the time, such as
561:
457:
100:
In 1763, the
Bassanese nobleman Antonio Negri Miazzi, an amateur architect, commissioned Gaidon to build the Negri villa (now Piovene) in
233:, who had him as a companion and guide, in the herbal studies carried out in August 1803 in the Bassano area. Sternberg dedicated his
611:
515:
434:
440:
658:
61:
604:
Persone memorabili in
Vicenza : riproduzione digitale dei manoscritti della Biblioteca civica Bertoliana (mss. 3387-3404)
653:
206:
155:, in Bassano. The south barchessa served as guest quarters, while the north barchessa was used as a rustic outbuilding.
135:
In 1772, he partially rebuilt the church in the grounds of the villa of Ca 'Cornaro. He also designed the churches at
230:
82:
240:
Gaidon also trained some students who would later excel themselves, such as the architect, later copper engraver,
222:
226:
166:
Acque perenni e torrenti che mettono nel fiume Brenta, dalla sua origine fino alle Nove, villaggio vicentino
129:
169:
144:
117:
94:
50:
196:. The cost of the works was 22,838 Italian lire, to be distributed among the countryside they crossed.
93:. His father introduced him to Daniello Bernardi who had studied architecture with Domenico Cerato and
113:
643:
638:
245:
125:
261:
Maria del Colle, lists his profession as engineer. He was interred at the cemetery of Santa Croce.
241:
152:
121:
105:
595:
Memorie intorno alla vita e agli scritti di
Antonio Gaidon. bassanese (naturalista ed architetto)
391:
174:
46:
38:
607:
557:
511:
453:
74:
623:
497:
Pastega, Agostino Brotto (1990). Vasco
Bordignon (ed.). "Antonio Gaidon, La Vita, Le opere".
445:
136:
109:
147:(built between 1793 and 1826). In 1800, he also designed and oversaw the completion of the
545:
Antonio Gaidon 1738-1829. Un professionista ante litteram dal rilievo mappale al boulevard
90:
218:
419:
632:
248:, introduced by Gaidon to natural history and who remained very close to his master.
189:
180:
49:, and delighted in reproducing the simple machines built by Bartolomeo Ferracina, an
108:
and Villa Dolfin Baldu. In 1768, he sent drawings for the Architecture Prize of the
467:
449:
101:
622:
This article is based on the corresponding article in the Italian Knowledge,
571:
Zamberlan, Renato; Zamberlan, Franco (2001). "The St Mark's Clock, Venice".
148:
34:
508:
Civilization of the Serenissima : the system of the Venetian villas
193:
140:
37:) in 1738. His parents were Salvatore and Barbara Burma, residents of
185:
60:
229:, as well as with the Bohemian paleontologist and botanist Count
25:(1738–1829), was an architect, urban planner and naturalist.
16:
Italian architect, urban planner and naturalist (1738 - 1829)
252:
Giovanna (or S. Maria della Misericordia; 1812) in Bassano.
435:"Vendramini, Giovanni (1769–1839), engraver and architect"
393:
Nuovo Giornale d'Italia Spettante alla Scienza Naturali
420:"Catalogus plantarum quas in Radio Florae Bassanensis"
338:
336:
334:
282:
280:
278:
276:
274:
211:
Lettera intorno una miniera di piombo della Valsugana
69:
He also showed an interest in architecture, reading,
65:
Villa Negri Piovene - panoramio - Gregorini Demetrio
586:
Storia di Bassano del Grappa, Vol. 2, L'età Moderna
33:
Antonio Gaidon was born in Castione di Brentonico (
536:Disegni di Giacomo Quarenghi e dei Gaidon (catal.)
433:
366:
321:
319:
584:Geronazzo, Davide (2014). "Bassano Napoleonica".
8:
444:(online ed.). Oxford University Press.
556:(in Italian). Editrice Artistica Bassano.
606:. Vicenza: Biblioteca civica Bertoliana.
378:
79:Regola delli cinque ordini d'architettura
480:
406:
354:
310:
588:. Bassano del Grappa. pp. 360–470.
441:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
342:
286:
270:
298:
215:Magazzino georgico di Napoli del 1786
7:
325:
534:Pilo, Giuseppe Maria, ed. (1964).
14:
543:Pastega, Agostino Brotto (2010).
151:at the Villa Rezzonico, built by
87:I quattro libri dell'architettura
124:, in Bassano and in 1770, the
649:18th-century Italian architects
593:Baseggio, Giambattista (1829).
525:Baseggio, Giambattista (1847).
71:I Sette libri dell'architettura
367:Zamberlan & Zamberlan 2001
244:, and especially the botanist
159:Urban planning and engineering
1:
547:. Editrice Artistica Bassano.
506:Muraro, Michelangelo (2005).
213:, which was published in the
468:UK public library membership
602:Da Schio, Giovanni (2012).
188:and then continued towards
112:. In 1769, he designed the
675:
552:Remonato, Ruggero (2010).
231:Kaspar Maria von Sternberg
527:Villa Negri in Mussolente
510:. Undine, Italy: Magnus.
223:Deodat Gratet de Dolomieu
29:Early life and training
659:Italian urban planners
450:10.1093/ref:odnb/28183
66:
554:Spigolature bassanesi
145:Campolongo sul Brenta
130:Piazzetto dell’Angelo
106:Ghislanzoni Del Barco
95:Francesco Maria Preti
64:
499:L'Illustre bassanese
246:Giambattista Brocchi
170:Bartolomeo Ferracina
654:Italian naturalists
573:Horological Journal
242:Giovanni Vendramini
235:Catalogus plantarum
153:Baldassare Longhena
122:Piazza San Giovanni
118:Gran Caffe Ausonia
116:also known as the
67:
51:hydraulic engineer
47:Elements of Euclid
39:Bassano del Grappa
563:978-88-85349-48-3
466:(Subscription or
459:978-0-19-861412-8
75:Sebastiano Serlio
666:
617:
598:
589:
580:
567:
548:
539:
530:
521:
502:
484:
478:
472:
471:
463:
437:
430:
424:
423:
416:
410:
404:
398:
397:
388:
382:
376:
370:
364:
358:
352:
346:
340:
329:
323:
314:
308:
302:
296:
290:
284:
207:Giovanni Arduino
178:
137:Borso del Grappa
128:, now Marin, in
114:Bonfadini Palace
110:Academy of Parma
674:
673:
669:
668:
667:
665:
664:
663:
629:
628:
614:
601:
592:
583:
570:
564:
551:
542:
533:
524:
518:
505:
496:
493:
488:
487:
479:
475:
465:
460:
432:
431:
427:
418:
417:
413:
405:
401:
390:
389:
385:
377:
373:
365:
361:
353:
349:
341:
332:
324:
317:
309:
305:
297:
293:
285:
272:
267:
258:
202:
172:
161:
126:Palazzo Scolari
91:Andrea Palladio
59:
31:
17:
12:
11:
5:
672:
670:
662:
661:
656:
651:
646:
641:
631:
630:
619:
618:
612:
599:
590:
581:
568:
562:
549:
540:
531:
522:
516:
503:
492:
489:
486:
485:
473:
458:
425:
411:
399:
383:
379:Geronazzo 2014
371:
359:
347:
330:
315:
303:
301:, p. 450.
291:
269:
268:
266:
263:
257:
254:
219:Alberto Fortis
201:
198:
160:
157:
58:
55:
53:from Bassano.
30:
27:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
671:
660:
657:
655:
652:
650:
647:
645:
642:
640:
637:
636:
634:
627:
626:
624:
615:
613:9788890251030
609:
605:
600:
596:
591:
587:
582:
578:
574:
569:
565:
559:
555:
550:
546:
541:
537:
532:
528:
523:
519:
517:88-7057-066-5
513:
509:
504:
501:. No. 4.
500:
495:
494:
490:
482:
481:Da Schio 2012
477:
474:
469:
461:
455:
451:
447:
443:
442:
436:
429:
426:
421:
415:
412:
408:
407:Baseggio 1829
403:
400:
395:
394:
387:
384:
380:
375:
372:
368:
363:
360:
356:
355:Remonato 2010
351:
348:
344:
339:
337:
335:
331:
327:
322:
320:
316:
312:
311:Baseggio 1847
307:
304:
300:
295:
292:
288:
283:
281:
279:
277:
275:
271:
264:
262:
255:
253:
249:
247:
243:
238:
236:
232:
228:
224:
220:
216:
212:
208:
199:
197:
195:
191:
190:Maser, Veneto
187:
182:
176:
171:
167:
158:
156:
154:
150:
146:
142:
138:
133:
131:
127:
123:
119:
115:
111:
107:
103:
98:
96:
92:
88:
84:
80:
76:
72:
63:
56:
54:
52:
48:
42:
40:
36:
28:
26:
24:
21:
621:
620:
603:
594:
585:
576:
572:
553:
544:
535:
526:
507:
498:
476:
439:
428:
414:
402:
392:
386:
374:
362:
350:
343:Pastega 2010
306:
294:
287:Pastega 1990
259:
250:
239:
234:
227:John Strange
214:
210:
203:
165:
162:
134:
99:
86:
78:
70:
68:
57:Architecture
43:
32:
22:
19:
18:
644:1829 deaths
639:1738 births
579:(1): 11–14.
299:Muraro 2005
256:Final years
237:to Gaidon.
173: [
633:Categories
597:. Bassano.
538:. Bassano.
529:. Bassano.
470:required.)
265:References
200:Naturalism
102:Mussolente
326:Pilo 1964
149:barchesse
35:Trentino
491:Sources
422:. 1803.
194:Cornuda
141:Semonzo
120:in the
83:Vignola
20:Antonio
610:
560:
514:
464:
456:
23:Gaidon
186:Asolo
181:Piave
177:]
77:, la
608:ISBN
558:ISBN
512:ISBN
454:ISBN
225:and
192:and
139:and
85:and
45:the
577:143
446:doi
89:by
81:of
73:by
635::
575:.
452:.
438:.
333:^
318:^
273:^
221:,
175:it
132:.
41:.
625:.
616:.
566:.
520:.
483:.
462:.
448::
409:.
396:.
381:.
369:.
357:.
345:.
328:.
313:.
289:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
