Domenico da Cortona

Domenico da Cortona (* around 1465, † around 1549, also called Boccador ) was an Italian architect and student of Giuliano da Sangallo . Charles VII. Took him to France, where he also in the service of Francis I stood. His designs for the renaissance castle Chambord existed as a wooden model until the 17th century, with Leonardo da Vinci also coming into question as a source of ideas, especially since he lived at the royal court in Amboise . The construction work was under the direction of Pierre Nepveu and the brothers Denis and Jacques Sourdeau.

Domenico da Cortona himself lived in Blois, near Chambord. In April 1518 he is said to have organized festivities on the occasion of the dauphin's birth. He also directed the construction of military works on the castles of Tournai and Ardres .

It is also associated with the construction of the Saint-Eustache church in Paris, which is also attributed to other master builders. The town hall of Paris, which was destroyed on May 24th 1871, bore the inscription Domenico Cortonensi architectante .

An authoritative biography in French is P. Lesueur, Dominique de Cortone dit Boccador (Paris) 1928.

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