Giovan Battista Martinetti
Giovan Battista Martinetti (born December 24, 1764 in Bironico ; died October 10, 1830 in Bologna ) was a Swiss - Italian architect of classicism .
Education and career
Martinetti came to Bologna from Ticino in 1775 at the instigation of his father, a master mason. There he later studied architecture and engineering. In the office of civil engineer, he planned numerous torrent barriers as well as road and bridge construction, including the Porrettana , the important Appennine connection from Bologna to Florence. As a designer of public spaces, parks and early urban planner, he created the current circular design of the Giardino della Montagnola in Bologna. In addition to - unfinished - projects for a theater and an anatomy laboratory at the University of Bologna , he built several buildings in Rome , including the slaughterhouse on Foro Flaminio.
As his own residence, he built an old monastery during the Napoleonic period. He was married to Cornelia Rossi di Lugo, a countess who ran a literary salon in Bologna, which Foscolo , Canova , Leopardi and other artists visited; Byron , Shelley , Stendhal , Monti , Beauharnais , Chateaubriand and Ludwig are also named as visitors.
literature
- Simona Martinoli: Martinetti, Giovan Battista. In: Isabelle Rucki and Dorothee Huber (eds.): Architectural Lexicon of Switzerland - 19./20. Century. Birkhäuser, Basel 1998. ISBN 3-7643-5261-2 . P. 364
- Simona Martinoli: Martinetti, Giovan Battista. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
supporting documents
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Martinetti, Giovan Battista |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss-Italian architect of classicism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 24, 1764 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bironico |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 10, 1830 |
| Place of death | Bologna |