Bramantes

Bramantes refers to individuals bearing the Italian surname Bramante. The most prominent bearer is Donato Bramante (c. 1444–1514), an Italian architect who helped inaugurate the High Renaissance style in Rome. Trained in the Italian peninsula, he became a leading figure in architectural design during the early 16th century. His work is noted for its geometric clarity and classical restraint.

His most famous project is the Tempietto di San Pietro in Montorio (completed around 1502) in Rome, regarded as a paradigmatic example of Renaissance architecture. Bramante also produced designs for the rebuilding of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, proposing a centralized, domed plan that influenced the early phase of the basilica's reconstruction, though later architects revised the scheme.

Beyond Donato, the Bramante surname has been borne by other individuals, though none attained comparable fame. The term Bramantes can thus refer to multiple people with that surname or to a family in historical discussions.

The surname Bramante is Italian in origin and remains relatively uncommon. It appears in historical and contemporary records in Italy and among communities of Italian descent elsewhere.