See also: Fontana

Carlo Fontana (Bruciato, close to Like in 1634 or 1638 - Rome, 1714) is an architect Italian Baroque who left many works to Rome.

Biography

Carlo Fontana was charged by Innocent XI and Clément XI of the construction of the palates Giustiniani and Bolognetti, of the mausoleum of the queen Christine of Sweden in the church Saint-Pierre of Rome, of the fountains of the Piazza San Pietro and Santa Maria in Trastevere, of the theater Tordinone, the Saint-Michel church has Ripa, of the Palazzo Montecitorio, etc One owes him the design of the Martinic palate to Prague.

Works in Rome

• Palazzo Montecitorio (current House of Commons).
• Palazzo Massimo di Rignano, Piazza d' Aracoeli.
• Church San Marcello Al Corso (1682-1683).
• Church Santa Maria dei Miracoli, with Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1662-1679).
• Church San Biagio in Campitelli (1655).
• Basilica dei Santi Apostoli (1702-1708).
• Fountain of left to the Piazza San Pietro (1675).
• Fountain, Piazza di Santa Maria in Trastevere.
• Cupola of the Cybo vault of Santa Maria del Popolo (1683-1687).
• Work with the vault Sixtine de Santa Maria Maggiore]] (1671).
• Ginetti Vault with Sant' Andrea della Valle (1671).
• Albani Vault in San Sebastiano (1705).
• Biblioteca Casanatense (1708).
• the great complex of San Michele has Ripa.
• Baptismal font of the basilica Saint-Pierre (1692 - 1698).
• Tomb of the pope Clement XI E In XII in San Pietro.
• Tomb of the queen Christine of Sweden in Saint-Pierre of Rome (1702).
• Project noncarried out for a large church dedicated to the saints martyrs inside the Colisée.
• Collegial di Montefiascone.

Writings

There are of him several writings relative to his art:

• It tempio Vaticano E sweated it origin congli ediicii piu cospicui antichi E moderni , Rome, (1694)
• Anfiteatro Flapio descritto E delineato , 1725

Sources

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