Verda, de, Baumeisterfamilie#
Verda, de, family of masterbuilders and stonemasons from Gandria (Lake Lugano). There is evidence that Alessandro de Verda lived in Graz until 1601; 1587-1592 he designed and supervised the construction of the mausoleum for Archduke Karl II at Seckau. His brother, Giovanni Antonio de Verda, settled in Graz in 1558; took part in the construction of the fortification of Graz, built the Landhaus (premises of the Provincial Government) at Klagenfurt (1580-1587) and Strassburg castle (Carinthia, 1584).
Literature#
R. List, Kunst und Kuenstler der Stmk., vol.3, 1974.