Carlo Fontana (Bruciato, Canton Ticino, 1634 or 1638 - Roma 1714) was an Italian architect, sculptor, engineer and author of important writings on the St. Peter's Basilica. Ticino is the southernmost canton of Switzerland, and almost entirely German-speaking municipality of Italian enclave of Campione dItalia. ... Events Moses Amyrauts Traite de la predestination is published Curaçao captured by the Dutch Treaty of Polianovska First meeting of the Académie française The witchcraft affair at Loudun Jean Nicolet lands at Green Bay, Wisconsin Opening of Covent Garden Market in London English establish a settlement... Events March 29 - Swedish colonists establish first settlement in Delaware, called New Sweden. ... Roma is: The Latin, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish, Romanian, Norwegian and Spanish name for the Italian city of Rome. ... // Events August 1 - George, elector of Hanover becomes King George I of Great Britain. ... The Basilica of Saint Peter from Castel SantAngelo. ...

Works

His most important works were in the city of Rome. City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Left-Wing Democrats) Area  - City Proper  1290 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost 4,000,000 1...

• Palazzo Montecitorio (nowadays the headquarters of the Camera dei Deputati)
• Church of San Marcello al Corso, with the facade slightly to the inside (1682-1683).
• Church of Santa Maria dei Miracoli, collabortaing with Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1662-1679).
• Church of San Biagio in Campitelli (1655).
• Basilica dei Santi Apostoli (1702-1708).
• The fountain in the left of the Piazza San Pietro (1675).
• The fountain in front of Santa Maria in Trastevere, one of the oldest fountains of Rome was restaured by Fontana
• The Cupola of the Cybo Chapel in Santa Maria del Popolo (1683-1687).
• Sixtine Chapel in Santa Maria Maggiore (1671).
• Ginetti Chapel in Sant'Andrea della Valle (1671).
• Albani Chapel in San Sebastiano fuori le mura (1705).
• Casanatense Library (1708).
• The great complex of San Michele a Ripa.
• La fonte battesimale della St. Peter's Basilica (1692-1698).
• The tomb of the Popes Clemente XI and Innocenzo XII.
• The tomb of Queen Cristina of Switzerland in San Pietro (1702).

Among his other works was the Jesuit monstery in the city of Loyola, Spain, exactly in the village where Saint Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuit Order was born. The grandious building was in baroque style with a central basilica. Events March 11 – Chelsea hospital for soldiers is founded in England May 6 - Louis XIV of France moves his court to Versailles. ... Events June 6 - The Ashmolean Museum opens as the worlds first university museum. ... A self portrait: Bernini is said to have used his own features in the David (below, left) Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini) (December 7, 1598, Naples – November 28, 1680, Rome) was a towering baroque artist in 17th century Baroque Rome, where he is known mainly for his often... Events March 18 – Short-timed experiment of the first public buses holding 8 passengers begins in Paris May 3/May 2 - Catherine of Braganza marries Charles II of England – as part of the dowry, Portugal cedes Bombay and Tangier to England May 9 - Samuel Pepys witnessed a Punch and Judy... Events January 24 - King Charles II of England disbands Parliament August 7 - The brigantine Le Griffon, which was commissioned by René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, is towed to the southern end of the Niagara River, to become the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes. ... Events May 10 - English troops land on Jamaica March 25 - Saturns largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christian Huygens. ... Baroque ceiling. ... Events March 8 - William III died; Princess Anne Stuart becomes Queen Anne of England, Scotland and Ireland. ... // Events March 23 - James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth July 1 - Tewoflos becomes Emperor of Ethiopia September 28 - Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya Kandahar conquered by Mir Wais In Masuria one third of the population die during the plague J... Saint Peters Square St. ... Events January 5 - The Battle of Turckeim June 18 - Battle of Fehrbellin August 10 - King Charles II of England places the foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London - construction begins November 11 - Guru Gobind Singh becomes the Tenth Guru of the Sikhs. ... Santa Maria in Trastevere is one of the oldest churches in Rome. ... Following the ouster of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1814, the Allies restored the Bourbon Dynasty to the French throne. ... The Church of Santa Maria del Popolo is located on the Piazza del Popolo in Rome. ... Events June 6 - The Ashmolean Museum opens as the worlds first university museum. ... Events March 19 - The men under explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle murder him while searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River. ... Saint Mary Major, in Italian, Santa Maria Maggiore, is one of the five great ancient basilicas of Rome, Italy. ... Events May 9 - Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. ... The Baroque facade of SantAndrea della Valle The church SantAndrea della Valle in Rome was designed and build by Pier Paolo Olivieri, Francesco Grimaldi, and Carlo Maderno between 1590 in 1650. ... Events May 9 - Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. ... San Sebastiano fuori le mura, facade. ... Events Construction begins on Blenheim Palace, in Oxfordshire, England. ... // Events March 23 - James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth July 1 - Tewoflos becomes Emperor of Ethiopia September 28 - Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya Kandahar conquered by Mir Wais In Masuria one third of the population die during the plague J... The Basilica of Saint Peter from Castel SantAngelo. ... Events February 13 - Massacre of Glencoe March 1 - The Salem witch trials begin in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony with the charging of three women with witchcraft. ... Events January 4 - Palace of Whitehall in London is destroyed by fire. ... The Basilica of Saint Peter from Castel SantAngelo. ... Events March 8 - William III died; Princess Anne Stuart becomes Queen Anne of England, Scotland and Ireland. ... Loyola - is the name of: Íñigo López, Ignatius of Loyola (St. ... Ignatius of Loyola Saint Ignatius of Loyola, also known as Íñigo López de Loyola (December 24, 1491 – July 31, 1556), was the principal founder and first Superior General of the Society of Jesus, a religious order of the Catholic Church professing direct service to the Pope. ... The Basilica of St. ...