DOMENICO See also:

• DOMENICO FONTANA (1543-1607)
• FONTANA, LAVINIA (1552-1614)
• FONTANA, PROSPERO (1512-1597)

FONTANA (1543-1607)  , See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian architect and mechanician, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Mili, a See also:

• VILLAGE

village on the See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake of See also:

• COMO (anc. Comum)
• COMO, LAKE OF (the Lacus Larius of the Romans, and so sometimes called LARIO to the present day, though in the 4th century it is already termed Lacus Comacinus)

Como, in 1543 . After a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good training in See also:

• MATHEMATICS (Gr. /saBnµar1Kil, Sc. vOcvn or E7rlQTt'µn; from p iN.La, "learning" or "science ")

mathematics, he went in 1563 to join his See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder See also:

• BROTHER

brother, then studying See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture at See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome . He made rapid progress, and was taken into the service of See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

Cardinal Montalto, for whom he erected a See also:

• CHAPEL

chapel in the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of See also:

• SANTA

Santa Maria See also:

• MAGGIORE, LAGO (Lacus Verbanus of the Romans; Fr. Lac Majeur; Ger. Langensee)

Maggiore and the See also:

• VILLA

villa Negroni . When the cardinal's See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension was stopped by the See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

pope, See also:

• GREGORY
• GREGORY (Gregorius)
• GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
• GREGORY, EDWARD JOHN (1850-19o9)
• GREGORY, OLINTHUS GILBERT (1774—1841)
• GREGORY, ST (c. 213-C. 270)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NAZIANZUS (329–389)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NYSSA (c.331—c. 396)
• GREGORY, ST, OF TOURS (538-594)

Gregory XIII., See also:

• FONTANA, DOMENICO (1543-1607)
• FONTANA, LAVINIA (1552-1614)
• FONTANA, PROSPERO (1512-1597)

Fontana volunteered to See also:

• COMPLETE

complete the See also:

• WORKS

works in See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand at his own expense . The cardinal being soon after elected pope, under the name of See also:

• SIXTUS

Sixtus V., he immediately appointed Fontana his See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief architect . Amongst the works executed by him were the Lateran See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace, the palace of See also:

• MONTE

Monte See also:

• CAVALLO, TIBERIUS (1749-1809)

Cavallo (the Quirinal), the Vatican library, &c . But the undertaking which brought Fontana the highest repute was the removal of the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian See also:

• OBELISK (Gr. b/3EXivrcos, diminutive of OEMs, a spit)

obelisk, which had been brought to Rome in the reign of Caligula, from the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place where it See also:

• LAY

lay in the See also:

• CIRCUS (Lat. circus, Gr. Kipeos or Kptxot, a ring or' circle; probably " circus " and " ring " are of the same origin)

circus of the Vatican . Its erection in front of St See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter's he accomplished in 1586 . After the See also:

• DEATH

death of Sixtus V., charges were brought against Fontana of misappropriation of public moneys, and See also:

• CLEMENT (Lat. Clemens, i.e. merciful; Gr. K)4gs)
• CLEMENT, FRANCOIS (1714-1793)
• CLEMENT, JACQUES (1567-1589)

Clement VIII. dismissed him from his See also:

• POST

post (1592) . This appears to have been just in See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time to See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save the Colosseum from being converted by Fontana into a huge See also:

• CLOTH

cloth factory, according to a project of Sixtus V . Fontana was then called to See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples, and accepted the See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment of architect to the See also:

• VICEROY (from O. Fr. viceroy, mod. viceroi, i.e. Lat. vice, in place of, and roy or roi, king)

viceroy, the See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of See also:

• MIRANDA, FRANCESCO (c. 1754-1816)

Miranda . At Naples he built the royal palace, constructed several canals and projected a new See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour and See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge, which he did not live to execute .

The only See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• WORK

work See also:

• LEFT

left by him is his See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the removal of the obelisk (Rome, 1590) . He died at Naples in 1607, and was honoured with a public funeral in the church of Santa See also:

• ANNA
• ANNA (Hindustani ana)
• ANNA, BALDASARRE

Anna . His See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan for a new harbour at Naples was carried out only after his death . His son Giulio Cesare succeeded him as royal architect in Naples, the university of that See also:

• TOWN

town being his best-known See also:

• BUILDING

building .