Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Architect, of Imola, Italy, who was recruited by Frederick Hervey, Bishop of Derry, to produce a design for a bridge over the River Foyle at Derry. Morelli's designs for a single-span masonry bridge , which appear to bear the date 1776, were in the collection of Ben Weinreb in 1982.(1) Morelli later designed the neo-renaissance Palazzo Braschi in Rome (1780-1804).



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(1) B. Weinreb Architectural Books Ltd, Catalogue No. 45: Bridges, Docks and Harbours (1982), no. 94.


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Building: CO. DERRY, DERRY, BRIDGE OVER RIVER FOYLE
Date: 1776?
Nature: CM produces design for single span masonry bridge across river for Frederick Hervey, Bishop of Derry.
Refs: B. Weinreb Architectural Books Ltd, Catalogue No. 45: Bridges, Docks and Harbours (1982), no. 94.