Giovanni Battista Cairati

(1550–1596) architect and military engineering (died 1596)

Giovanni Battista Cairati (1550–1596) is listed in the catalogue as an architect. By year of birth, Giovanni Battista Cairati belongs to the chapter ‘The Renaissance’ in this site’s history of architecture.

Giovanni Battista Cairati was born in Milan and died in Goa.

One of the best-known works is ‘Fort Jesus Museum’. The catalogue has 2 buildings by Giovanni Battista Cairati. The dated buildings span the years 1184–1593. The buildings are in Mombasa and Palghar district. They are in 2 countries.

Contemporary architects in the same chapter include Wendel Dietterlin, Vittorio Cassar, Alessandro Pieroni, Paweł Szczęśliwy, and Jacques Androuet, the younger Du Cerceau.

• Fort Jesus
• Fort Vasai