Giacomo della Porta
Giacomo della Porta (c. 1533 -
1602) was an
Italian architect and sculptor, who worked for many important buildings in Rome, including
St. Peter's Basilica (italian: Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano).
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Façade of the famous church of Gesù in Rome. |
Della Porta was born at
Porlezza,
Lombardy.
Della Porta was influenced by and collaborated with
Michelangelo, and
Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, his teacher of architecture. After
1563 he carried out Michelangelo's plans for the rebuilding of the capital's open spaces: in the
Capitol Hill, della Porta intervened on the façade and steps of
Palazzo Senatorio, and the
Cordonata capitolina. After the death of Vignola in 1573, he continued the construction of
Il Gesu, and in 1584 modified its façade after his own designs. From 1573 he was leader for the ongoing reconstruction of St. Peter's Basilica, and later, in collaboration with
Domenico Fontana, completed the cupola in 1588-1590.
Giacomo della Porta completed much of Rome's fountains from
16th century. These include the fountains in
Piazza del Popolo, the
Fontana di Nettuno and
Fontana del Moro in
Piazza Navona.
He died in Rome in
1602.
* Oratorio del SS. Crocifisso (1562-1568)
*
Chiesa del Gesù (1571-1575)
* Fountains at the
Palazzo Borghese (1573)
* Fountains in
Piazza Colonna (1574)
* Small fountains at
Piazza Navona (1574)
* One fountain at the
Piazza della Rotonda*
Palazzo Senatorio at the Capitol Hill (1573-1602)
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Palazzo della Sapienza (1578-1602)
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Palazzo Capizucchi (1580)
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Santa Maria dei Monti (1580)
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Sant'Atanasio dei Greci (1581)
* Façade of
San Luigi dei Francesi (1589)
* Fontana delle Tartarughe (1584)
* Santa Maria Scala Coeli
* Palazzo Marescotti (1585)
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Palazzo Serlupi (1585)
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SS. Trinità de' Monti (1586)
* Fontana di Piazza alli Monti (1589)
* Cupola of
St. Peter's Basilica (1588-90)
* Fountains at the Piazza di
Santa Maria in Campitelli (1589)
* Fountains opposite
SS. Venanzio e Ansovino (1589)
* Fontana della Terrina (1590)
* Palazzo Fani (1598)
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San Paolo alle Tre Fontane (1599)
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San Nicolò in Carcere (1599)
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Palazzo Albertoni Spinola (1600)
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Villa Aldobrandini (1600-02) in
Frascati* Cappella Aldobrandini (1600-02) in
Santa Maria sopra Minerva
