Romano Carapecchia

Romano Fortunato Carapecchia (1666–1738) was an Italian Baroque architect who was active in Rome, Malta and Sicily. His designs helped transform Malta's capital Valletta into a Baroque city in the first few decades of the 18th century.

Biography

Carapecchia was born to Giovanni Antonio Carapecchia and Francesca Roveti in the parish of Sant'Eustachio, Rome in 1666.

On 27 November 1706, Pope Clement XI sent a breve pontificio to Grand Master Ramón Perellós in which he praised the work of Carapecchia. While based in Malta, he was also involved in some projects in nearby Sicily.

Carapecchia died in Malta in 1738. Church of St James (1710) – demolished 1884 Church of St Barbara Church of St Publius, Floriana (1730s) Remodelling and completion of Notre Dame Gate, Cottonera Lines Main Gate of Fort Manoel (in collaboration with Charles François de Mondion)

Sicily Competition entry for the reconstruction of the Catania Cathedral (1709) Restoration of a Hospitaller complex in Marsala (1715)

Legacy An album of architectural drawings by Carapecchia still exists at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London. A book has been published about him by the Maltese historian Denis De Lucca.