Donato Bramante (1444 – March 11, 1514) was an Italian architect, who introduced the Early Renaissance style to Milan and the High Renaissance style to Rome, where his most famous design was St. Peter's Basilica. Urbino and Milan Bramante was born in Monte Asdrualdo (now Fermignano), under the name Donato di Pascussio d'Antonio, near Urbino: here, in the 1467 Luciano Laurana was adding to the Palazzo Ducale an arcaded courtyard and other features that seemed to have the true ring of a r… (More on Bramante)