Filippo Juvarra

Filippo Juvarra ( March 7, 1678 in Messina *, † January 31, 1736 in Madrid), Filippo Juvarra or Felipe Juvarra was an Italian architect.

Life

Fillipo Juvarra came from a family of silversmiths and received his training under Carlo Fontana in Rome, where he became a well known designer. 1714 appointed him to Victor Amadeus II's visit to Turin, where he became the most formative architect of his generation. As his main works are here, the Basilica of Superga in 1716, the Palazzo Madama from 1718 and the hunting lodge of Stupinigi from 1729th in 1735 followed Juvarra the invitation of the Spanish King Philip V to Madrid, he designed there the new building of the Palacio Real and worked until his death on other construction projects of the Bourbons, like the Palacio Real from La Granja.

Juvarra was one of the greatest architects of the Baroque, the number of his works is nearly unmanageable: in his Turin time he participated in the construction management and review of dozens of projects he worked on churches, villas, Stadtpalazzi and castles. Even his last years in Spain were still characterized by a large creative urge. The ideas and suggestions for its construction projects he acquired on several extended trips to Europe, so that his work is a synthesis of European architecture of the 18th century.