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See also:FONTANA, DOMENICO (1543-1607) , See also:Italian architect and
mechanician, was See also:born at Mili, a See also:village on the See also:Lake of See also:Como, in 1543. After a See also:good training in See also:mathematics, he went in 1563 to join his See also:elder See also:brother, then studying See also:architecture at See also:Rome.
He made rapid progress, and was taken into the service of See also:Cardinal Montalto, for whom he erected a See also:chapel in the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of See also:Santa Maria See also:Maggiore and the See also:villa Negroni. When the cardinal's See also:pension was stopped by the See also:pope, See also:- GREGORY
- GREGORY (Gregorius)
- GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
- GREGORY, EDWARD JOHN (1850-19o9)
- GREGORY, OLINTHUS GILBERT (1774—1841)
- GREGORY, ST (c. 213-C. 270)
- GREGORY, ST, OF NAZIANZUS (329–389)
- GREGORY, ST, OF NYSSA (c.331—c. 396)
- GREGORY, ST, OF TOURS (538-594)
Gregory XIII., Fontana volunteered to See also:complete the See also:works in See also:hand at his own expense. The cardinal being soon after elected pope, under the name of See also:Sixtus V., he immediately appointed Fontana his See also:chief architect. Amongst the works executed by him were the Lateran See also:palace, the palace of See also:Monte See also:Cavallo (the Quirinal), the Vatican library, &c. But the undertaking which brought Fontana the highest repute was the removal of the See also:great See also:Egyptian See also:obelisk, which had been brought to Rome in the reign of Caligula, from the See also:place where it See also:lay in the See also:circus of the Vatican. Its erection in front of St See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter's he accomplished in 1586. After the See also:death of Sixtus V., charges were brought against Fontana of misappropriation of public moneys, and See also:Clement VIII. dismissed him from his See also:post (1592). This appears to have been just in See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time to See also:save the Colosseum from being converted by Fontana into a huge See also:cloth factory, according to a project of Sixtus V. Fontana was then called to See also:Naples, and accepted the See also:appointment of architect to the See also:viceroy, the See also:count of See also:Miranda. At Naples he built the royal palace, constructed several canals and projected a new See also:harbour and See also:bridge, which he did not live to execute. The only See also:literary See also:work See also:left by him is his See also:account of the removal of the obelisk (Rome, 1590). He died at Naples in 1607, and was honoured with a public funeral in the church of Santa See also:Anna. His See also:plan for a new harbour at Naples was carried out only after his death. His son Giulio Cesare succeeded him as royal architect in Naples, the university of that See also:town being his best-known See also:building.
End of Article: FONTANA, DOMENICO (1543-1607)
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