Alessandro Capra
Illustration — Alessandro Capra Alessandro Capra (c. 1608 – c. 1684) was an Italian architect and inventor.
Alessandro Capra
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- Born
- 1608 · Cremona.
- Died
- 1684 · Cremona.
- Nationality
- Italy
- Occupation
- engineer · architect · writer
- Fields
- military architecture
- Known for
- Pontremoli Cathedral
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Illustration — Alessandro Capra Alessandro Capra (c. 1608 – c. 1684) was an Italian architect and inventor.
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He was born in Cremona. He studied architecture under Giacomo Erba. He invented a number of machines. From 1672 to 1682, he published three volumes on geometry and civil and military architecture. His two sons, Giusto and Domenica, worked on a number of hydraulic inventions.
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1608
Alessandro Capra born at Cremona.
1636
Pontremoli Cathedral is dated 1636.
1673
Le due prime parti della geometria famigliare d'Alessandro Capra architetto cremonese. Ristampate dall'istesso auttore, & acresciute nella prima parte di molti auertimenti necessarij a patroni delle fabriche, accio si faccino con minor spesa, e vtile grandissimo. Nella seconda si danno le misure geometriche per misurare le fabri (1673) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
1684
Alessandro Capra died at Cremona.
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