Paolo Fontana

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Paolo Fontana (1743)

Paolo Antonio Domenico Fontana (born October 28, 1696 in Castello (Valsolda) , † March 17, 1765 in Isjaslaw ) was an Italian architect . He was one of the leading representatives of baroque architecture in Ukraine .

Life

Paolo Fontana was born in Castello, the son of Giacomo Fontana and Marta Bellotti. He probably received his training from an experienced architect. His works show a good knowledge of the architecture of Lombardy and Piedmont .

In March 1723 he emigrated from Castello to Poland . Protected by the architect Józef Fontana , a protagonist of the community of Italian artists in Poland, Fontana worked in 1726 as an architect for the court marshal Paweł Karol Sanguszko and for the widow Barbara Duninów Sanguszko. In 1730 he married the Polish noble Marianna Suffczyńska and had four children with her. After the two sons John (priest) and Joseph returned to Castello, they administered the paternal inheritance there (the Fondiera ). During his stay in Lithuania , Fontana stayed in Castello with his mother, sisters and in-laws, mainly because of the administration of his property and because of the desire to return to Castello.

Uniate Cathedral of the Nativity in Chełm

After a few years he was appointed colonel of the artillery in the army of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania . Between 1737 and 1745 he carried out several building orders from important noble families and nobles in Lubartów , as well as several orders for religious orders. He built the Church of St. Anne, the Church of the Capuchins , the Uniate Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin, and the Church of the Reformed Franciscan Order in Chełm . In 1749 he married Teresa Romaironi, the daughter of a patrician from Warsaw, and moved to Isjaslav, where he also worked as an architect.

Fontana died on March 17, 1765 in Isjaslav.

literature

  • Joanna Winiewicz: Biografija i działalność Pawła Fontany w świetle dworu Sanguszków. BHS , T. 49, № 3-4, 1987.
  • Jόzef Skrabski: Paolo Fontana. Nadworny architect Sanguszkόw. Muzeum Okręgowe w Tarnowie, S-CAN Wydawnictwo sc, 2007, ( ISBN 978-83-85988-77-9 )

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SURNAME Fontana, Paolo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fontana, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian-Ukrainian architect
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1696
PLACE OF BIRTH Castello (Valsolda)
DATE OF DEATH March 17, 1765
Place of death Izyaslav