Giovanni Bassignani
Illustration — Bridge of Carignano in Genoa Giovanni Bassignani (1669 – May 1717) was an Italian architect and engineer of the late-Baroque. Giovanni Bassignani was born in Brescia, to Tuscan parents, he studied in Padua then traveled to Venice, Modena, and Genoa. He aided the Venetian Republic in a number of military projects, including rebuilding forts for the defense of Morea, in their wars against the Ottomans.
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Giovanni Bassignani
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- Died
- 1717 · Chiavari.
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- engineer · architect
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Illustration — Bridge of Carignano in Genoa Giovanni Bassignani (1669 – May 1717) was an Italian architect and engineer of the late-Baroque. Giovanni Bassignani was born in Brescia, to Tuscan parents, he studied in Padua then traveled to Venice, Modena, and Genoa. He aided the Venetian Republic in a number of military projects, including rebuilding forts for the defense of Morea, in their wars against the Ottomans.
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Born at Brescia in 1653, died in Chiavari in 1717.
Giovanni Bassignani (1653–1717) was an engineer and architect.
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Giovanni Bassignani born at Brescia.
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Giovanni Bassignani died at Chiavari.
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