Francesco Croce

 ( 18th-century Italian Architects ) 

Francesco Croce (1696–1773) was an Italian baroque architect. Catalogo de Beni Culturali, entry on the architect. He was mainly active in Milan, where he worked for the Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo di Milano. Among other things, he designed the highest spire of the Milan Cathedral, the guglia del tiburio ("lantern spire"), on top of which the Madonnina statue is currently placed.

• Guglia del Tiburio ("lantern spire") of the Milan Cathedral in Milan
• Portico of the Rotonda della Besana in Milan
• Palazzo Brentano in Corbetta
• Palazzo Clerici in Niguarda, Milan
• Palazzo Sormani in Milan
• Palazzo Bellisomi Vistarino in Pavia
• San Pietro, Abbiategrasso (church)
• San Bartolomeo, Piacenza (church)

He is also responsible for a major restoration of the Duomo di Lodi, and for the renewal of the historic Palazzo della Ragione in Milan, with the addition of a new upper floor with large round windows

• Villa Massari in Corbetta
• Villa Pertusati, Comazzo