Flaminio Ponzio
Flaminio Ponzio (1560–1613) was an Italian architect during the late-Renaissance or so-called Mannerist period, serving in Rome as the architect for Pope Paul V. • Illustration — erected in 1613, the villa Pinciana (now the Villa Borghese) built by Flaminio Ponzio and his assistant Giovanni Vasanzio Ponzio was born in Viggiù near Varese, and he died in Rome. After juvenile training in Milan, he moved to Rome, where he worked briefly with Domenico Fontana.
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Flaminio Ponzio
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- Born
- Flaminio Ponzio was born on 1 January 1560. · Viggiù.
- Died
- Flaminio Ponzio died on 1 January 1613. · Rome.
- Nationality
- Italy
- Occupation
- architect
- Fields
- architecture · Renaissance architecture · Mannerism · church building
- Languages
- Italian
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• Design of the Cappella Paolina (Chapel of Paul V) in Santa Maria Maggiore (1605-1611) • Façade on Via Ripetta of Palazzo Borghese (1605-1607) • Oratories of Saint Barbara and Saint Silvia on the Caelian Hill near San Gregorio Magno al Celio (1608) • Villa Borghese Pinciana or ("Borghese villa on the Pincian Hill"; 1609–1613), also referred to as the Casino Nobile on the site, which presently is the suburban villa hosting the museum known as the Galleria Borghese. Originally commissioned by the rapacious patron of arts, Scipione Borghese, who appears to have played a role in the design. He likely played a role in the design of the gardens and grounds surrounding the villa, and collaborated or was supplanted after his death by Vasanzio (Jan Van Santen). • Casa di Flaminio Ponzio (1610) • Fountain of the Acqua Paola on the Janiculum (1610) • Restoration and creation of new cupola, for the church of Sant'Eligio degli Orefici • Design of San Sebastiano and of Palazzo Rospigliosi in Quirinal Hill, both completed by Giovanni Vasanzio (1612) • Palazzo Sciarra (1613) • Villa Torlonia in Frascati
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1560
Flaminio Ponzio was born on 1 January 1560.
1613
Flaminio Ponzio died on 1 January 1613.
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Flaminio Ponzio was born at Viggiù.
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Flaminio Ponzio died at Rome.
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Viggiù.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 7683006-8, Casa di Flaminio Ponzio (Rom).
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q2755095: Flaminio Ponzio
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- 1.Francesco Gasparoni, Arti e lettere, vol. I, Roma 1863, pagg. 217-219
- 2.S. Benedetti, Giacomo del Duca e l'Architettura del Cinquecento, Roma, 1972, p. 427
- 3.Il palazzetto fu demolito nel 1931 e la facciata ricostruita a piazza Campitelli, come la contigua chiesa di s. Rita. Ospita attualmente (2013) uffici del Comune di Roma (si veda scheda)
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 7683006-8, Casa di Flaminio Ponzio (Rom).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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