Giovanni Battista Vaccarini

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The Italian architect Giovanni or Giovan Battista Vaccarini (born  February 3, 1702 in Palermo ; †  March 11, 1768 there ) was one of the most important representatives of the late Baroque in Sicily .

After Catania was destroyed in the earthquake of 1693 in the Val di Noto (historical administrative unit in southeastern Sicily), the reconstruction work dragged on over the entire 18th century. The role that Vaccarini played was greatly exaggerated in the 1930s by Francesco Fichera through unfounded attributions, which is why other significant contributors such as the local Giuseppe Palazzotto (1702–1764) or the Pole Stefano Ittar (1724–1790) in travel guides for a long time Time were hardly mentioned.

Vaccarini was based on Francesco De Sanctis and other contemporary architects from Rome . Among other things, he led the reconstruction of the Cathedral of Catania and the Benedictine monastery of San Nicolò l'Arena for a time . He designed three of the four facades of the Palazzo del Senato ( Palazzo degli Elefanti ). The symbol of Catania, the Fontana dell'Obelisco (Fontana dell'Elefante) on the Piazza del Duomo, was also designed by Vaccarini. (The elephant carved from a single lava block and the Egyptian obelisk are of uncertain origin and have been reused.)

Selection of structures in which Vaccarini was involved in Catania:

literature

  • Eugenio Magnano di San Lio: Giovan Battista Vaccarini, architetto siciliano del Settecento. 2 volumes, Lombardi, Siracusa 2008, ISBN 978-88-7260-171-6 .

Web links

Commons : Giovanni Battista Vaccarini  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Francesco Fichera: G.B. Vaccarini e l'architettura del Settecento in Sicilia. 2 volumes, Reale accademia d'Italia, Roma 1934.
  2. ^ Eugenio Magnano di San Lio: Giovan Battista Vaccarini, architetto siciliano del Settecento. Lombardi, Siracusa 2008, ISBN 978-88-7260-171-6 , Volume 1, p. 32.