Giuseppe Zimbalo was an Italian

Italy

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 architect and sculptor.

Known as the Zingarello ("Tiny Gypsy"), he was one of the most prominent artists in the so-called Baroque

Baroque architecture

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 of Lecce

Lecce

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, his hometown in southern Italy. Here he designed part of the façade of the Basilica of Santa Croce and the Celestine palace, finished the Duomo

Lecce Cathedral

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(1651–1682; he designed in particular the tall bell tower) and sculpted the column of Sant'Oronzo (1666).

One of his sons, Francesco, was also an architect and sculptor.