Matteo Castelli

Matteo Castelli (c. 1555, Melide, Switzerland - 1632, Warsaw) was a Swiss architect. His nephew Costante Tencalla also became an architect. Further can be attributed to Castelli: in Kraków the church of St. Peter and Paul (1613–1619, the only church north of the Alps in the Roman Baroque style), the Zbaraski princely chapel in the Dominican church (1627-1629) and the altar of St. Stanislaus in the cathedral, also in Vilnius cathedral the chapel of St. Casimir (1626–1636), the Ujazdowski palace and the royal residence near Warsaw. In Melide he donated a memorial chapel in 1625-1626 and rebuilt the altar of his family in the parish church.

Selected works Rome facade of Santa Susanna (in collaboration with Francesco Rossi, to plans by Carlo Maderno), 1597-1603 Cappella Barberini at Sant'Andrea della Valle Sant'Andrea della Valle (collaboration with Carlo Maderno) Palazzo Mattei (collaboration with Carlo Maderno)

Florence Cappella Rucellai

Poland and Lithuania Royal Castle of Warsaw (rebuilding) Ujazdów Castle in Warsaw (collaboration with Giovanni Trevano) in 1624 Chapel of Saint Casimir in Vilnius