Giovanni Battista Nauclerio (Naples, 1666 - Naples, 1739) was an Italian architect and engineer, active in
Naples
Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of N ...
, Italy.
Biography
Nauclerio is described as one of the Naples architects who went against the grain, paving the way for columned
neoclassicism
Neoclassicism, also spelled Neo-classicism, emerged as a Western cultural movement in the decorative arts, decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiq ...
of the 18th century.
He took over the work for the completion of the cloister of
San Domenico Maggiore
San Domenico Maggiore is a Gothic architecture, Gothic, Roman Catholic church and monastery, founded by the friars of the Dominican Order, and located in the square of the same name in the historic center of Naples.
History
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from his collaborator
Francesco Antonio Picchiati
Francesco Antonio Picchiatti (10 January 1619, Ferrara – 28 August 1694, Naples) was an Italian architect of the Baroque period active in Naples. He is also called Picchetto. He was son of Bartolommeo Picchiatti, who also served as an architect ...
. In 1704, he designed the church and monasteries of
San Francesco degli Scarioni. In 1704, he designed the church of
Santi Demetrio e Bonifacio. In 1708, he completed the construction of the church of
San Giovanni Battista delle Monache, which had been designed by
Francesco Picchiatti. In 1720, he designed Villa Paternò on the hill of
Capodimonte. After the death of
Arcangelo Guglielmelli
Arcangelo Guglielmelli (1723) was an Italian architect and painter, active in his native Naples, Italy, in a late-Baroque style. He was involved in the building and reconstruction of churches, many of which had been damaged by the earthquakes of ...
in 1723, he helped complete the church of
Santa Maria delle Grazie a Mondragone. He also helped the main altar for the church of
San Diego all'Ospedaletto, the baldacchino in
San Pietro ad Aram, and likely aided in the restructuring of
Santi Bernardo e Margherita and the church of
Santa Maria di Caravaggio.
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Architects from Naples
1666 births
1739 deaths
17th-century Italian architects
18th-century Italian architects
Italian Baroque architects
Engineers from Naples
Italian ecclesiastical architects