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Filippo Terzi

Filippo Terzi (1520–1597) was an Italian military and civil architect and engineer, born in Bologna, who went to Lisbon in 1577 and the following year joined the disastrous military expedition to Morocco where he was taken prisoner at the Battle of Alcácer Quibir. After this, his release was negotiated and he returned to Portugal, where he spent the remainder of his career, dying at Setúbal.

Selected works
• Convento de Cristo, Tomar: cloister • church of São Vincente de Fora, Lisbon (1582–1605) • Fort of Pessegueiro (1588–90), a coastal fortress in which the island of Pessegueiro was linked to the mainland • Fort of Santiago da Barra in Monserrate (Viana do Castelo) • Fort of São Filipe de Setúbal (1597) was in progress when he died. • Igreja de São Roque (Lisbon) (Church of São Roque); completed the construction, including the roof • Villa Miralfiore in Pesaro; designed entrance gates (triumphal arches) ==References==
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