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Giovanni Antinori
Giovanni Antinori

Giovanni Antinori (January 28, 1734, Camerino - June 24, 1792 Rome) was an Italian neoclassical architect. Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted Year 1734 ( MDCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Camerino is small town of 7000 inhabitants in the Marches ( Marche region in the Province of Macerata, Italy. Events 972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces takes place Year 1792 ( MDCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Employed by the papacy, he oversaw the re-erecting of three of Rome's obelisks - the Quirinale (between the Horse Tamers), the Sallustian (outside Trinità dei Monti) and the Montecitorio. There are eight Ancient Egyptian and five ancient Roman obelisks in Rome, together with a number of more modern Obelisks there was also formerly (until 2005 There are eight Ancient Egyptian and five ancient Roman obelisks in Rome, together with a number of more modern Obelisks there was also formerly (until 2005 The colossal pair of marble "Horse Tamers", often identified as Castor and Pollux, have stood since Antiquity near the site of the Baths of Constantine There are eight Ancient Egyptian and five ancient Roman obelisks in Rome, together with a number of more modern Obelisks there was also formerly (until 2005 Trinità dei Monti (also called Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio, Trinità del Monte, or Holy Trinity on Pincio Hill) is a famous church in Rome The Obelisk of Montecitorio ( Italian: Obelisco di Montecitorio, also known as Solare) is an Ancient Egyptian red Granite

Life

In his birthplace, he dedicated himself to the study of mathematics under his father Girolamo, a well-known and expert surveyor. He left Camerino for Rome to continue his mathematical studies (and started his architectural studies) at the "Sapienza" and at the Accademia di San Luca, participating in the 1754 Concorso Clementino in "classe II di Architettura". Sapienza University of Rome ( Italian Sapienza Università di Roma) is a coeducational autonomous state university in Rome, Italy He was instructed in architecture by the marquis Gerolamo Theodoli, designer of the teatro Argentina. Marchese Gerolamo (or Girolamo) Theodoli (1677-1766 was an Italian nobleman and architect best known for designing the Teatro Argentina in Rome The Teatro Argentina is an Opera house and theatre located in the Largo di Torre Argentina, a square in Rome Italy. In 1755 Antinori went to Lisbon where he worked as architect in the Casa do Riscos attending the reconstruction works after the earthquake of 1755, He also worked to the plans of a new palazzo reale of Campolide for Joseph I, but a short time later was imprisoned either due to envious accusations by his rivals or due to a conspiracy in which he had got involved. The 1755 Lisbon earthquake, also known as the Great Lisbon Earthquake, took place on November 1 1755 at around 940 in the morning Ancestors Marriages and descendants Joseph married Marianne Victoria of Borbón, daughter of Philip V of Spain and Elisabeth Farnese of With the help of the Portuguese woman Josefa Luisa Lopez de Cunha, he escaped and fled to Italy, where he married her.

Returning to Rome and from there to Camerino, he built the splendid arcade and Hall of Mirrors in the castle-villa of marquis Alessandro Bandini (Lanciano di Castelraimondo). From 1772 to 1778 he reconstructed and enlarged the interior of the church of the Monte Oliveto Maggiore abbey not far from Siena, creating grandiose baroque shapes which anticipated the neoclassical forms to come. The Abbey of Monte Oliveto Maggiore is a large Benedictine monastery in the Italian region of Tuscany, 10 km south of Asciano. He worked for the Doria-Pamphilj family in Rome, collaborating with Francesco Nicoletti, their court architect, and replacing him from 1776 onwards. Doria-Pamphilj-Landi (or Doria-Pamphilii-Landi) is a princely Roman family of Genoese extraction He built them the structures sustaining temporary wooden hall in the courtyard of their palazzo at the Corso in 1769 in occasion of the visit of emperor Joseph II of Austria. The Doria Pamphilj Gallery is a large art collection housed in the Palazzo Doria Pamphilj in Rome. Via del Corso (the ancient Via Lata) commonly known as the Corso, is the main street running through the historical centre of Rome, Italy. Heir and co-regent Joseph was born in the midst of the early upheavals of the War of the Austrian Succession. He also worked on designing the new waterfalls in the gardens of the Villa Doria-Pamphilj which were subsequently amended by arquitect Francesco Bettini, and worked at their other properties on the outskirts of Rome, desigining alongside his brothers Luigi, Tommaso and Vincenzo and nephew Girolamo. Villa Doria Pamphili, on the Gianicolo the Roman Janiculum, is the largest public landscaped park of Rome. From 1778-83 he constructed a casale within their castello at Piombinara, not far from Colleferro. Colleferro is a small town of the Province of Rome or Metropolitan area of Rome, in the Lazio region of central Italy.

On the accession of pope Pius VI, Antinori was put in charge of an important excavation in the church of San Rocco, near the Mausoleum of Augustus, which revealed a large red obelisk of granite. Pope Pius VI (December 27 1717 &ndash August 29 1799 born Count Giovanni Angelo Braschi, Pope from 1775 to 1799 was born at Cesena. The Mausoleum of Augustus was a large tomb built by the Roman Emperor Augustus in 28 BC on the Campus Martius in Rome. He also worked on the Piazza del Quirinale, rotating the Horse Tamers statues (originally parallel to each other) and placing the obelisk from S. The Quirinal Palace (known in Italian as the Palazzo del Quirinale or simply the Quirinale) is the Official residence of the President The colossal pair of marble "Horse Tamers", often identified as Castor and Pollux, have stood since Antiquity near the site of the Baths of Constantine Rocco between them using powerful winches and clever mechanisms. In 1787-89 he raised the Sallustian and in 1790-1792 that at the Piazza Montecitorio (which is still, in his honour, inscribed 'IOAN. Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Obelisk of Montecitorio ( Italian: Obelisco di Montecitorio, also known as Solare) is an Ancient Egyptian red Granite ANTINORIO CAMERTE ARCHIT. ’. ANTINORIO CAMERTE ARCHIT). In 1790-91 Antinori drew a proposal for the Palazzo Braschi for Luigi Braschi Onesti, nephew of Pius VI - other projects was presented by Giuseppe Barberi, Melchiorre Passalacqua, Giuseppe Valadier and Cosimo Morelli, who obtained the commission. Palazzo Braschi is a large Neoclassical palace in Rome Italy, built by the papal nephew duca Luigi Braschi Onesti, to designs by Cosimo Morelli Luigi Braschi Onesti (?-1816 duca di Nemi, was a nephew of Pope Pius VI (Luigi's mother Giulia Braschi was Pius's sister and his father was conte Girolamo Onesti Giuseppe Valadier ( April 14, 1762 &ndash February 1, 1839) was an Italian architect and designer urban planner and archeologist a chief exponent Cosimo Morelli, ( Imola, 1732 - Imola 1812 was an Architect and one of the greatest exponents of the Neoclassical architecture in Italy.

Giovanni Antinori died whilst still directing the works at Piazza Montecitorio, which were completed by his assistant Pasquale Belli (1752 - 1833). He was buried in the Church of S. Venanzio dei Camerti. In 1929 that church was demolished to make way for gardens and public spaces around the Vittorio Emmanuele Monument and, despite requests from the local government of Camerino, it proved impossible to find and save Antinori's mortal remains before demolition. The Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II (National Monument of Victor Emmanuel II or Altare della Patria (Altar of the Fatherland or "Il Vittoriano" His wife was buried in the church of S. Antonio dei Portoghesi, always in Rome.

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