Aristotile Fioravanti (ca. 1415 or 1420 – ca. 1486) was an architect and engineer from Italy. His name is also given as Aristotele Fioravanti or Aristotle Fioravanti. His surname is sometimes given as Fieraventi. Russian versions of his name are Фьораванти, Фиораванти, Фиеравенти, Фиораванте.
He came from a family of architects.
He created the plans for the reconstruction of the Palazzo del Podestà in Bologna, but the reconstruction was not carried out (by Giovanni II Bentivoglio) until 1484–94.
In 1475 at the invitation of Ivan III he went to Russia, and built the magnificent Assumption Cathedral (aka Dormition Cathedral) (Uspensky Sobor) in Moscow from 1475–1479, taking inspiration from the cathedral in Vladimir. This is the work he is best remembered for.
According to some accounts, he was thrown into prison by Ivan III when he asked to return to Italy, and died in captivity. According to other accounts, he participated as a military engineer and artillery commander in the campaigns against Novgorod (1477–78), Kazan (1482) and Tver (1485).
When the walls and towers of the Kremlin started to crumble a century later, Antonio Fryazin was hired as the head architect and AristoteleFioravanti was hired as the head builder.
It was originally erected in 1368, but it was rebuilt between 1488-1495 due to its crumbling limestone walls.
When rebuilt by AristoteleFioravanti, red brick was used instead of limestone.
The most famous cathedral with this name is the one at the Moscow Kremlin, built in 1475 Ă¢Â€Â“ 1479 by the Italian architectAristoteleFioravanti.
In the 14th century, Metropolitan Peter persuaded Ivan I (Ivan Kalita) that he should build a cathedral to the Holy Virgin in Moscow like the Cathedral of the Dormition in the capital city Vladimir.
Ivan III then invited AristoteleFioravanti, a celebrated architect and engineer from Bologna, Italy, to come to Moscow and entrusted him with the task of building the cathedral from scratch in the traditions of Russian architecture.
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