Michele Sanmicheli (also spelled Sanmmicheli, Sanmichele or Sammichele) (1484–1559) is a Venetian architect and urban planner in the Mannerist style, among the greatest of his era.

A tireless worker, he is in charge of designing buildings and religious buildings of great value.

Hired by the Serenissima as a military architect, he also designs also numerous fortifications in the extensive Venetian empire, thus ensuring a great reputation.

His works can be found in Venice, Verona, Bergamo and Brescia, he works also in Dalmatia, Zadar, Sibenik, Crete and Corfu.

He is probably the only Venetian architect of the sixteenth century to have had the opportunity to study Greek architecture, a possible source of inspiration for the use of Doric columns without bases.