Francesco Buonamici (architect)

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Collegiate Church of St. Paul in Rabat

Francesco Buonamici (* 1596 in Lucca ; † June 26, 1677 ibid) was an Italian architect and Baroque painter who worked mainly in Malta .

Life

In September 1635 the architect and painter Francesco Buonamici from Lucca came to Malta in the wake of fortress builder Pietro Paolo Floriani . The group was supposed to expand the fortresses for Grand Master Antoine de Paule and was under the protection of Cardinal Francesco Barberini , nephew of Pope Urban VIII. The papal legate Fabio Chigi supported them on site. In 1638 he was made a knight of the Order of Malta.

Buonamici's works are the renovation of the destroyed Jesuit church with the college in Valletta as well as the church dell'Anima / San Nicolas in Valletta and the San Paolo with the Wignacourt college in Rabat . From 1659 he was back in Lucca. Even before that, he was involved in building the cathedral in Syracuse around 1650 . Mattia Preti took his position on the island . One pupil was the Maltese Lorenzo Gafà , who implemented the plans in Rabat.

His grave is in the Chiesa del Suffragio of Lucca.

Jesuit Church in Valletta

literature

  • Dennis De Lucca: The genesis of Maltese baroque architecture: Francesco Buonamici (1596–1677). University of Malta, 1994.
  • Werner Oechslin:  BUONAMICI, Francesco. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 15:  Buffoli-Caccianemici. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1972.

Single receipts

  1. ↑ To architect in context FB
personal data
SURNAME Buonamici, Francesco
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bonamici
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian fresco painter and Baroque architect
DATE OF BIRTH 1596
PLACE OF BIRTH Lucca
DATE OF DEATH June 26, 1677
Place of death Lucca