biography
pronunciation:
[fontahna]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1634/8–1714)
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| biography:
| Architect, born in Bruciato, near Como, N Italy. A pupil of Bernini, he worked as a papal architect in Rome, where he designed many major works including the fountain in the Piazza di San Pietro, and the tombs of Pope Clement XI, Pope Innocent XII, and Queen Christina of Sweden, in St Peter's. He also designed Loyola College in Spain and the Palazzo Durazzo at Genoa. |
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