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Domenico Fontana

1543 - 1607

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Domenico Fontana (1543 – 28 June 1607) was an Italian architect of the late Renaissance, born in today's Ticino. He worked primarily in Italy, at Rome and Naples. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Domenico Fontana is the 60th most popular architect (up from 68th in 2019), the 74th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 73rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Swiss Architect.

Domenico Fontana was a Renaissance architect and sculptor who was most famous for designing the Fontana di Trevi in Rome.

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Among architects, Domenico Fontana ranks 60 out of 518. Before him are Richard Meier, Álvaro Siza Vieira, Arne Jacobsen, Jože Plečnik, Isidore of Miletus, and Arno Breker. After him are Augustus Pugin, Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Sostratus of Cnidus, Capability Brown, Ferdinand Cheval, and Peter Zumthor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1543, Domenico Fontana ranks 2. Before him is William Byrd. After him are 3rd Dalai Lama, Charles III, Duke of Lorraine, Sharafkhan Bidlisi, Claudio Acquaviva, John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern, Kanō Eitoku, Michele Ruggieri, Christine of Hesse, Giovanni de' Medici, and Giovanni Bembo. Among people deceased in 1607, Domenico Fontana ranks 1. After him are Alessandro Allori, Caesar Baronius, Anna d'Este, Giorgio Basta, Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, Hans Vredeman de Vries, Gillis van Coninxloo, Jacob van Heemskerck, Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst, Michele Ruggieri, and Bento de Góis.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Domenico Fontana ranks 74 out of 1,015. Before him are Emil Jannings (1884), Hans Albert Einstein (1904), Max Frisch (1911), Alexandre Yersin (1863), Siegfried Wagner (1869), and Alejo Carpentier (1904). After him are Clay Regazzoni (1939), Horace Bénédict de Saussure (1740), Heinrich Wölfflin (1864), Peter Zumthor (1943), Félix Vallotton (1865), and Roger Federer (1981).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Switzerland

Among architects born in Switzerland, Domenico Fontana ranks 4. Before him are Le Corbusier (1887), Francesco Borromini (1599), and Carlo Maderno (1556). After him are Peter Zumthor (1943), Mario Botta (1943), Hannes Meyer (1889), Max Bill (1908), Carlo Fontana (1638), Pietro Lombardo (1435), Bernard Tschumi (1944), and Pierre Jeanneret (1896).

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