Baccio Pontelli was an Italian

Italy

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 architect. Baccio is an abbreviation of Bartolomeo.

Pontelli was born in Florence

Florence

Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....

. Passing the phase of artistic formation with Giuliano

Giuliano da Maiano

Giuliano da Maiano was an Italian architect, intarsia-worker and sculptor, the elder brother of Benedetto da Maiano, with whom he often collaborated.- Biography :...

 and Benedetto da Maiano

Benedetto da Maiano

Benedetto da Maiano was an Italian sculptor of the early Renaissance.Born in the village of Maiano , he started his career as companion of his brother, the architect Giuliano da Maiano. When he reached the age of thirty he started training under the sculptor Antonio Rossellino...

 in Florence, and influenced by Francesco di Giorgio Martini during the trip to Urbino (1480–1482), he was an in-layer in Florence and later in Urbino. There he worked on the Studio di Federico, Palazzo Ducale.

Acting as an architect in Rome

Rome

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, he participated in the pope

Pope

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's program of building and urbanistic renewing. His projects included: Santa Aurea

Santa Aurea

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 in Ostia; ponte Sisto; the hospital of Santo Spirito in Sassia

Santo Spirito in Sassia

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; the church Sant'Agostino

Sant'Agostino

Sant'Agostino is a church in Rome, Italy, not far from Piazza Navona. It is one of the first Roman churches built during the Renaissance. The construction was funded by Guillaume d'Estouteville, Archbishop of Rouen and Papal Chancellor. The façade was built in 1483 by Giacomo di Pietrasanta, using...

; the facade of Santa Maria del Popolo

Santa Maria del Popolo

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; San Pietro in Vincoli

San Pietro in Vincoli

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; Santi Apostoli

Santi Apostoli

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 and design for the Sistine Chapel

Sistine Chapel

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. In the last years of his life he worked on the military fortresses of Ostia, Acquaviva Picena

Acquaviva Picena

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 Jesi

Jesi

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, Osimo

Osimo

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 and Senigallia

Senigallia

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. He died in Urbino

Urbino

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