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Domenico Fontana by Federico Zuccari. Domenico Fontana (1543 – 28 June 1607) was an Italian architect of the late Renaissance, born in today's Ticino. He worked primarily in Italy, at Rome and Naples.
Jun 24, 2024 · Domenico Fontana was an Italian architect who worked on St. Peter’s Basilica and other famous buildings of Rome and Naples. Fontana went to Rome in 1563, where he was employed by Cardinal Montalto (later Pope Sixtus V) to design a chapel in the church of Santa Maria Maggiore (1585).
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Domenico Fontana è stato un architetto italiano originario del Canton Ticino. Ha operato a Roma e a Napoli nel tardo Rinascimento sotto Papa Sisto V. Santa Maria Maggiore: la Cappella Sistina, cupola La fontana del Mosè
1 day ago · Domenico Fontana (1543–1607) was a Swiss-born architect and engineer who worked for Pope Sixtus V in Rome. He re-erected four obelisks, built the Lateran Palace and the Vatican Library, and supervised the dome of St Peter's.
May 21, 2018 · Domenico Fontana was a Swiss-born architect and engineer who worked for Pope Sixtus V in Rome. He re-erected four obelisks, built the Lateran Palace and the Vatican Library, and supervised the dome of St Peter's.
Jul 1, 2024 · Pompeii - Excavations, Ruins, Archaeology: The ruins at Pompeii were first discovered late in the 16th century by the architect Domenico Fontana. Herculaneum was discovered in 1709, and systematic excavation began there in 1738.
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DOMENICO FONTANA (1543-1607), Italian architect and mechanician, was born at Mili, a village on the Lake of Como, in 1 543. After a good training in mathematics, he went in 1563 to join his elder brother, then studying architecture at Rome.
