Persons known by name
Marchi, Francesco De'
- 1504–1576
- military engineer and architect working for Margherita of Austria, natural daughter of Charles V and widow of Alessandro de' Medici.
- author of an early systematic and influential treatise on military architecture, the Architettura militare (published in 1577)
- undertook the first diving expedition to study the ancient Roman ships of Caligula in the Lago di Nemi in 1535 together with Bufalini.
- took part in the creation of Leonardo Bufalini's first map of Rome
- like Francesco Paciotto he worked on the Palazzo Farnese in Parma for Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma and second husband of Margherita of Austria (or Parma)
- biographical entries in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani and Wikipedia (both in Italian)
