Santino Solari

Bust of Santino Solari (Salzburg around 1635)

Figure of Santino Solari on his crypt at St. Peter's Cemetery in Salzburg

Santino Solari (* 1576 in Verna d'Intelvi (I) near the Swiss border; † April 10, 1646 in Salzburg , Prince Archdiocese of Salzburg ) was a builder, architect and sculptor from a widespread Comasken family.

He was appointed court architect to Salzburg by Salzburg's Archbishop Markus Sittikus von Hohenems von Seckau ( Styria ) in 1612 and, through his work, brought the northern Italian early baroque to today's Austrian region. His grave is located in crypt no.31 in the Salzburg Petersfriedhof .

Works

The fortification belt around the city of Salzburg including the buildings on the Stadtbergen, as well as various other fortifications in the state of Salzburg (e.g. in Neumarkt am Wallersee )
Hellbrunn pleasure palace with the trick fountains
Salzburg Cathedral after a modification of the plans by Vincenzo Scamozzi
Lodron's Primogeniture Palace , from 1631
Franziskuskirche in Wagrain , 1616
Church in Obertauern , 1617
Church in Taxenbach , 1640
In the church on Dürrnberg near Hallein the marble portal and 3 chapels
Chapel of the Lodron family in Villa Lagarina near Rovereto

Julia Rüdiger: Solari, Santin (o). In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-428-11205-0 , p. 547 ( digitized version ).

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SURNAME	Solari, Santino
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss builder, architect and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	1576
PLACE OF BIRTH	Verna near Lugano , Old Confederation , Holy Roman Empire
DATE OF DEATH	April 10, 1646
Place of death	Salzburg , Archbishopric of Salzburg , Holy Roman Empire