Ferdinando Fuga

Ferdinando Fuga (* 1699 in Florence , † 1782 in Rome ) was a Florentine architect whose works are in Naples and Sicily , but above all in Rome.

biography

As a child, Fuga worked for the well-known Italian architect and sculptor Giovanni Battista Foggini and thus had contact with baroque design ideas from an early age. In 1717 he went to Rome to deepen his studies in architecture. In 1729, Fugue concentrated on work assignments in Palermo and was placed under papal service a year later. After King Charles III. When he was called to Naples in 1751, he was involved there in collaboration with Luigi Vanvitelli in the preparation of numerous commissions.

Works

Beginnings in Naples:

1726–27 Cappella Cellamare in Naples

In Rome:

until 1736 facade and interior design by Bambin Gesù

1732–37 Palazzo della Consulta

1733–37 Church of Santa Maria dell'Orazione e Morte (Rome)
1736 Conversion of the Palazzo Corsini alla Lungara , formerly Riario
1741–43 facade of the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore
1743 Chiesa di Sant'Antonio e Santa Brigida and Monastero delle Suore Orsoline in Calvi dell'Umbria
from 1748 Church of Sant'Apollinare

From 1751 in Naples:

1750–66 Albergo dei Poveri with a 300 meter long facade
1799 Granai (no longer available)
1780 Façade of the Gerolamini Church
Palazzo Cellamare
Palazzo Spinelli di Laurino (collaboration)

On Sicily:

1729 -30 in Palermo for the plan of a bridge over the river Milicia
From 1767 reconstruction of the interior of the Cathedral of Palermo and planning of the dome

literature

AA. VV .: Ferdinando Fuga e l'architettura romana del Settecento. I disegni di architettura dalle collezioni del Gabinetto nazionale delle stampe. Il Settecento , Multigrafica, 1988;
Paolo Giordano: Ferdinando Fuaga a Napoli. L'Albergo dei Poveri, il Cimitero delle 366 fosse, i Granili , Edizioni del Grifo, 1997;
Francesco Lucarelli: La vita e la morte, dal Real Albergo dei Poveri al Cimitero della 366 Fosse , Edizioni Del Grifo, 1999;
Alfonso Gambardella (a cura di): Ferdinando Fuga. Roma, Napoli, Palermo (1699-1999) , Atti del Convegno tenutosi a Napoli il 25-26 ottobre 1999, ESI, Napoli 2002;
Francesco Nevola, Vanessa Palmer: Il Palazzo della Consulta e l'architettura romana di Ferdinando Fuga , 2004.
Susanne Kunz-Saponaro: Rome and its artists , Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2008, p. 164 ff., ISBN 978-3-534-17678-6

Web links

Commons : Ferdinando Fuga - collection of images, videos and audio files

personal data
SURNAME	Fuga, Ferdinando
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian architect
DATE OF BIRTH	1699
PLACE OF BIRTH	Florence
DATE OF DEATH	1782
Place of death	Rome