Antonio Ferramolino

Antonio Ferramolino was a 16th-century Italian architect and military engineer. He is also known as Sferrandino da Bergamo, and is called Hernan Molin in Spanish sources. He is mostly known for his work in Sicily, but he also designed fortifications in Ragusa and Malta.

Life Ferramolino was born in Bergamo, which was then part of the Republic of Venice. He began his career as a soldier, but little is known about his early works.

Ferramolino was also present at the conquest of Tunis in 1535.

In 1538, Ferramolino went to the Republic of Ragusa (modern Dubrovnik, Croatia) and designed the Revelin Fortress.

In 1540, he was sent to Malta, which was ruled by the Order of Saint John. He designed the cavalier and ditch of Fort St. Angelo, and designed two bastions of the fortifications of Mdina. He also proposed the construction of a fort on the Sciberras Peninsula.

Ferramolino was killed on 18 August 1550 during the siege of Mahdia in modern Tunisia.

Works The cavalier of Fort St. Angelo in Birgu, Malta, which was designed by Ferramolino Ferramolino designed or modified the following fortifications, among others: Forte Gonzaga, Messina, Sicily Forte Castellaccio, Messina, Sicily Forte del Santissimo Salvatore, Messina, Sicily Castello Matagrifone, Messina, Sicily Fortifications of Palermo, Sicily Fortifications of Catania, Sicily Castello di Milazzo, Milazzo, Sicily Revelin Fortress, Dubrovnik, Croatia Modifications to the fortifications of Mdina, Malta Cavalier and ditch of Fort St. Angelo, Birgu, Malta