A distinctive late-Renaissance style developed in Genoa thanks to the activities of Galiazzo Alessi (1512-72), which made perfect use of the slopes of this hilly city. Its huge palaces, as a rule, have monumental stairs and courtyards at different levels. He also designed the church of Santa Maria di Carignano that dominates the surroundings, located on a hill, whose plan is borrowed from Bramante from the design of St.. Peter.
In Florence, the Mannerist style took root strongly thanks to the story left by Michelangelo. Bartolomeo Ammannati (1511-92) it is best known for its additions and transformations to the Palazzo Pitti. which roughly determined the final form of the structure, and the graceful Ponte San Trinita. The most bizarre architect in the city was Bernardo Buontalenti (ok. 1536-1608), which became famous mainly thanks to the grottoes in the Gardens of Bóbola and the scenery of court performances. However, he also used traditional forms, for example in Fortezza del Belvedere, Tribuna in the Uffizi and the facade of San Trinitś.
Together with Vasari Ammannati, he collaborated in Rome with Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola (1507-73) at the construction of Villa Giulia, which is the most beautiful example of a landscaped garden in this city. Vig-nola was also the successor of Michelangelo as the builder of St.. Peter, but he deserved primarily as an architect, which laid the foundations for the future baroque style. Vignola's most important commission was to be II Gesu. the mother church of the Jesuits, the law, on which the process of the Counter-Reformation was to depend so much - this church was later imitated all over the world. The design was based on the Church of Sant'Andrea designed by Alberti in Mantua. but the aisles were eliminated, and the pilasters in the nave and the luminous effects were used to direct the eye towards the main altar.
Vignola died before the II Gesu was completed, leaving the building of the facade of Giacomo della Porta (ok. 1537-1602). The main accent of this lofty façade is the portal, and the project is an organic whole, where each element plays an important role. The work of della Porta is also the construction and giving the final shape of the dome of the Basilica of St.. Peter, which is more ornate, than Michelangelo wanted.
While Rome was moving confidently towards a new age, the late Renaissance still dominated northern Italy, thanks to the efforts of the most faithful follower of Palladio, Vincenzo Scamozziego (1552-1616). He has completed many Palladio projects and completed the Teatro Olympico with a wonderful perspective decoration of the stage. Many of his own buildings are modeled on the most famous buildings of Palladia: erected a fairly similar theater in Sabbionetta and based the project of San Nicola da Tolentino in Venice on the II Redentore.