sentences:  His father, Alfonso Parigi the Elder, was an architect and designer working in Florence for the Grand Duke of Tuscany.He became noted as one of the most innovative stage designers of the 17th-century and was also the first architect to use the loggia style in public buildings.Giulio Parigi was born in Florence on 6 April 1571, the son of Alfonso di Santi Parigi and his wife, Alessandra di Berto Fiammeri.