About Domenico Rossi
Lived 1657 – 1737 (aged 79). Domenico Rossi was a Swiss architect.
Domenico Rossi (28 December 1657 – 8 March 1737) was a Swiss-Italian architect.
Biography He was born in Morcote, Ticino, and was a pupil of Baldassarre Longhena. Later he became the family architect of the noble Venetian houses of Dolfin, Savorgnan and Manin. In 1701 he directed the restoration of Palazzo Dolfin and in 1709 he was commissioned the renovation of the façade of San Stae church.
In 1713 he designed the Baroque church of the Gesuiti, also in Venice, while in 1714-1715 he worked at the church of Ljubljana's Križanke, in the shape of a Greek cross. In 1724 he built the Ca' Corner della Regina. One of his last works was the renovation of the Cathedral of Udine.
Rossi died in 1737 in Venice.
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Who was Domenico Rossi?
Swiss architect (1657-1737)
When was Domenico Rossi born?
Domenico Rossi was born on 28 December 1657 in Morcote.
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Domenico Rossi died on 8 March 1737 in Venice.
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Domenico Rossi was an architect.
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Domenico Rossi was Swiss.
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