Benedetto Prato
Benedetto Prato , even Benedict Meadow , (* in the 16th century in Roveredo GR ; † in the 17th century ) was a Swiss Baroque - builder .
Life
The exact life dates of Benedetto Prato are not known, he came from Roveredo ( Graubünden ). Prato is one of those master builders from Graubünden who were one of the first to bring the school of northern Italian baroque master builders to Germany. In the middle of the 16th century they had emigrated north from the Misox Valley, where the Graubünden master builders worked between the Rhine and Danube , but mainly in southern Germany .
Prato was first mentioned in writing in the building files of 1599 for the Bregenz Martinsturm as a master builder. In the same year, Prato had received an order from the city of Bregenz to build a tower above the Martinskapelle. The builder built a three-story tower with a mighty square floor plan. On the top floor he built a loggia with three arched arcades each on columns and stone parapets on all sides. The roof forms a broadly curved onion dome with a lantern . The building was the first baroque building north of the Alps, the tower dome the largest in Central Europe.
No other construction contracts are known to Prato.
literature
- Baroque on Lake Constance: Architecture . Bregenz, Künstlerhaus, Palais Thurn and Taxis, Bregenz Culture Department, 1962
- Werner Oechslin (ed.): The Vorarlberg baroque master builders . Benziger, Einsiedeln, Bregenz, 1973
Web links
- Benedetto Prato in the database of Artisti Italiani Austria, University of Innsbruck
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Arnoldo M. Zendralli: Graubündner builder and Stukkatoren in German lands to the Baroque and Rococo periods . Fretz and Wasmuth, Zurich, 1930
- ^ Martinskapelle , City of Bregenz
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Prato, Benedetto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Master builder in Bregenz |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 16th Century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Roveredo GR |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th century |