Domenico Fontana

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Italian architect Renaissance architect architect engineer human

Domenico Fontana was a prominent late Renaissance Italian architect and engineer best known for his work in Rome and Naples, including the relocation of Vatican obelisks and contributions to major papal building projects.

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Label	Occurrences
Domenico Fontana canonical	7

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Italian architect ⓘ Renaissance architect ⓘ architect ⓘ engineer ⓘ human ⓘ
authorOf	Vatican Obelisk ⓘ surface form: “Della trasportatione dell’obelisco Vaticano”
birthDate	1543-06-15 ⓘ
birthPlace	Canton of Ticino ⓘ Melide ⓘ Confoederatio Helvetica (Swiss Confederation) ⓘ surface form: Swiss Confederation
burialPlace	Naples ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Papal States ⓘ Republic of Venice ⓘ
deathDate	1607-06-28 ⓘ
deathPlace	Naples ⓘ
employer	Pope Clement VIII ⓘ Pope Gregory XIII ⓘ Sixtus V ⓘ surface form: Pope Sixtus V
fieldOfWork	architecture ⓘ engineering ⓘ urban design ⓘ
genre	civil engineering ⓘ urban planning ⓘ
influenced	Carlo Maderno ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Italian ⓘ
movement	Renaissance ⓘ surface form: Late Renaissance Mannerism ⓘ
name	Domenico Fontana self-link ⓘ
notableAchievement	contributed to the urban re-planning of Rome under Sixtus V ⓘ developed techniques for moving large monolithic obelisks ⓘ
notableWork	Acqua Felice aqueduct ⓘ Sistine Chapel ⓘ surface form: Cappella Sistina in Santa Maria Maggiore Lateran complex ⓘ surface form: Palazzo Laterano Royal Palace of Naples ⓘ surface form: Palazzo Reale, Naples Royal Palace of Naples ⓘ Strada Felice (Via Sistina) ⓘ erection of the Flaminian obelisk at Piazza del Popolo ⓘ erection of the Lateran obelisk at Piazza San Giovanni in Laterano ⓘ erection of the Sallustian obelisk at Santa Maria Maggiore ⓘ relocation of the Vatican obelisk on St. Peter's Square ⓘ Vatican Obelisk ⓘ surface form: “Della trasportatione dell’obelisco Vaticano”
positionHeld	architect of St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ chief architect of Pope Sixtus V ⓘ royal engineer of the Kingdom of Naples ⓘ
relative	Carlo Maderno ⓘ
sibling	Giovanni Fontana ⓘ
workLocation	Naples ⓘ Rome ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carlo Maderno → relative → Domenico Fontana ⓘ

Quirinal Palace → architect → Domenico Fontana ⓘ

Royal Palace of Naples → architect → Domenico Fontana ⓘ

Domenico Fontana → name → Domenico Fontana self-link ⓘ

Vatican Obelisk → relocationEngineer → Domenico Fontana ⓘ

Vatican Obelisk → associatedWith → Domenico Fontana ⓘ

Strada Felice (Via Sistina) → urbanPlanner → Domenico Fontana ⓘ

subject surface form: Strada Felice