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3 days ago · However, Rome was also hit by a fire in 80 CE, and Titus himself passed away in the following year. Therefore, the city of Pompeii was left buried, until its rediscovery in the 16th century by the architect Domenico Fontana.
1 day ago · For centuries, the cities remained undiscovered until architect Domenico Fontana, while building an underground channel, found Pompeii’s remnants in 1599. Contents.
5 days ago · In 1594, diggers working for Domenico Fontana, an architect who was building a canal to divert the river Sarno, accidentally uncovered Roman wall paintings from Pompeii. But these paintings didn't have an apparent connection to the legendary lost city, so their significance wasn't understood.
5 days ago · Trevi Fountain, Rome; designed by Nicola Salvi, 18th century. Trevi Fountain, fountain in Rome that is considered a late Baroque masterpiece and is arguably the best known of the city’s numerous fountains. It was designed by Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini in 1762.
4 days ago · Of the exterior, only the back of the church, visible from the Vatican Gardens, and the dome are Michelangelo’s. After his death Giacomo della Porta and Domenico Fontana, who executed the dome, altered the shape, making it taller and steeper than the original design.
2 days ago · La costruzione della nuova chiesa iniziò nel 1518, per volontà del cardinale Giulio de’ Medici (futuro Papa Clemente VII), sotto la direzione di Jean Chenevières, anche se, dopo una sospensione dei lavori, fu completata soltanto nel 1589 da Domenico Fontana su disegno di Giacomo Della Porta. La facciata rivestita di travertino, divisa in ...
1 day ago · Della città si era quasi persa memoria, quando alla fine del XVI secolo l'architetto Domenico Fontana, incaricato di costruire un canale per il fiume Sarno, scoprì alcune epigrafi e degli edifici affrescati, ma non riconobbe i resti dell'antica Pompei.
