Angelo Italia

Angelo Italia (* 1628 in Licata, † 1701 in Palermo ) was an Italian architect of the Baroque in Sicily.

The technical training received Italia by his father, a master mason in Licata. His first work as an architect was the construction of the Chiesa di Sant'Angelo Carmelitano in Licata of 1653, which has not yet come up to the quality of his later buildings. 1671, at the age of 43, he joined the Order of the Jesuits and went to the Jesuit College in Palermo. During this time he should have taken trips to Naples, Rome and other cities of Italy, to study architecture, because the construction projects this time, as the Holy Sacrament of Palermo, in which he worked, his designs show a great originality. In particular, the Jesuit church of San Francesco da Saverio is characterized by an unusual conception of space from which Pietro da Cortona refer to knowledge of the buildings by Francesco Borromini, Girolamo and Carlo Rainaldi, as well as some of his architectural designs quote elements of their buildings he complex in its own often hexagonal designs involving. He may have also met the architect Borromini and passionate supporters Guarino Guarini, in Messina developed a lively construction activity in the second half of the 17th century. Borromini's design language can be found among others in its elliptical -scale design for the church of the Jesuit College of Mazara del Vallo again. In addition to churches was laid after being destroyed by the earthquake of 1693, the same year designs for the reconstruction of Avola, Noto and Lentini ago.

Structures

  • Chiesa di Sant'Angelo Carmelitano Licata (from 1653)
  • Chiesa Madre in Palma di Montechiaro ( 1666)
  • Chiesa di S. Girolamo in Polizzi Generosa ( 1681)
  • Chiesa di San Francesco Saverio in Palermo (1685 )
  • Chiesa di Santa Maria della Neve in Mazzarino on behalf of Carlo Carafa Branciforte principe di Angelo Bufera
  • Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta in Alcamo (1699 )
  • Chiesa del Carmine Maggiore in Palermo: New construction of the dome
  • Monreale Cathedral, Chapel of the Crucifix: design of the chapel ( with Paolo Amato )
  • Design for the construction of the Collegiate, Catania
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