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Bartolomeo Avanzini (1608-1658) was an Italian
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 architect of the Baroque
Baroque

In the the arts, the Baroque was a Western cultural Epoch , starting roughly at the beginning of the 17th century in Rome, Italy. It was exemplified by drama and grandeur in Baroque sculpture, Baroque painting, literature, Baroque dance, and Baroque music....
 period, active mainly in Modena
Modena

Modena is a city and a comune on the south side of the Padan Plain, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.An ancient town, it is the seat of an archbishop, but is now best known as "the capital of engines", since the factories of the famous Italian sports car makers Ferrari, De Tomaso, Lamborghini, Pagani and...
, Sassuolo
Sassuolo

Sassuolo is an industrial town south of Modena and north west of Bologna in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy....
 and Reggio Emilia
Reggio Emilia

Reggio Emilia is an affluent city of Northern Italy Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has about 167,013 inhabitants and is the main comune of the Province of Reggio Emilia....
.

The design for the Palazzo Ducale of Modena has been attributed to Avanzini, though between 1631-4 Girolamo Rainaldi
Girolamo Rainaldi

Girolamo Rainaldi was an Italy architect who worked on the whole in a conservative Mannerism, often with collaborating architects, yet was a successful competitor of Gian Lorenzo Bernini....
 played a role in the initial plans. There appear to have been comments made on the construction by Borromini
Francesco Borromini

Francesco Borromini, byname of Francesco Castelli was a prominent and influential Italy Swiss born Baroque architect in Rome....
, Cortona
Pietro da Cortona

Pietro da Cortona, byname of Pietro Berrettini was an Italian artist and architect of High Baroque. He is best known for painting fresco ceilings, a pursuit in which he had ample competition in the Rome of his day, but he was equally adept and masterful with architectural design....
, and Bernini. The latter viewed progress during a stop in Modena in 1665.






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Bartolomeo Avanzini (1608-1658) was an Italian
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 architect of the Baroque
Baroque

In the the arts, the Baroque was a Western cultural Epoch , starting roughly at the beginning of the 17th century in Rome, Italy. It was exemplified by drama and grandeur in Baroque sculpture, Baroque painting, literature, Baroque dance, and Baroque music....
 period, active mainly in Modena
Modena

Modena is a city and a comune on the south side of the Padan Plain, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.An ancient town, it is the seat of an archbishop, but is now best known as "the capital of engines", since the factories of the famous Italian sports car makers Ferrari, De Tomaso, Lamborghini, Pagani and...
, Sassuolo
Sassuolo

Sassuolo is an industrial town south of Modena and north west of Bologna in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy....
 and Reggio Emilia
Reggio Emilia

Reggio Emilia is an affluent city of Northern Italy Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has about 167,013 inhabitants and is the main comune of the Province of Reggio Emilia....
.

The design for the Palazzo Ducale of Modena has been attributed to Avanzini, though between 1631-4 Girolamo Rainaldi
Girolamo Rainaldi

Girolamo Rainaldi was an Italy architect who worked on the whole in a conservative Mannerism, often with collaborating architects, yet was a successful competitor of Gian Lorenzo Bernini....
 played a role in the initial plans. There appear to have been comments made on the construction by Borromini
Francesco Borromini

Francesco Borromini, byname of Francesco Castelli was a prominent and influential Italy Swiss born Baroque architect in Rome....
, Cortona
Pietro da Cortona

Pietro da Cortona, byname of Pietro Berrettini was an Italian artist and architect of High Baroque. He is best known for painting fresco ceilings, a pursuit in which he had ample competition in the Rome of his day, but he was equally adept and masterful with architectural design....
, and Bernini. The latter viewed progress during a stop in Modena in 1665. Camillo-Guarino Guarini
Camillo-Guarino Guarini

Camillo-Guarino Guarini , was an Italy architect of the Piedmont Baroque, active not only in Turin but also in other European sites including Sicily, France, and Portugal....
 also played a role after 1680.

Other works by Avanzini:

  • Palazzo Ducale (Ducal palace of Sassuolo
    Ducal palace of Sassuolo

    The Ducal Palace in Sassuolo is a masterpiece of Northern-Italian early baroque villa architecture located in the town of Sassuolo, near Modena....
    ) - Sassuolo
    Sassuolo

    Sassuolo is an industrial town south of Modena and north west of Bologna in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy....


  • Palazzo Vescovile (Bishop's Palace) - Reggio Emilia
    Reggio Emilia

    Reggio Emilia is an affluent city of Northern Italy Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has about 167,013 inhabitants and is the main comune of the Province of Reggio Emilia....


  • Palazzo Busetti in Reggio Emilia
    Reggio Emilia

    Reggio Emilia is an affluent city of Northern Italy Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has about 167,013 inhabitants and is the main comune of the Province of Reggio Emilia....


  • Chiesa dei Santi Carlo e Agata - Reggio Emilia
    Reggio Emilia

    Reggio Emilia is an affluent city of Northern Italy Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has about 167,013 inhabitants and is the main comune of the Province of Reggio Emilia....


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