Simone da Orsenigo was an Italian architect and builder of the 14th century. Hailing from Lombardy, he was most likely a native of Orsenigo, near Como. Lombardy (Lombardia Latin: Langobardia, Western Lombard: Lumbardìa, Eastern Lombard: Lombardia) is one of the Orsenigo is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan Como is a City in Lombardy, Italy, north of Milan. Situated at the southern tip of the south-west arm of Lake Como, it Orsenigo is remembered mostly for his work on the Cathedral of Milan. Milan Cathedral (Italian Duomo di Milano; Milanese: Domm de Milan) is the Cathedral On a 1387 list of masters working on the Duomo, his name comes immediately after that of Marco da Campione, who headed the associates. Duomo is a generic Italian term for a Cathedral church The formal word for a church that is presently a cathedral is cattedrale; a On it, Orsenigo is called an engineer {Insegnerius).
Another master with the same name, Paolino Orsenigo, was also employed at the cathedral - in 1400 - as master of the scaffolding.
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