Giovanni Cola di Franco was an Italian

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architect active between 1596 and 1621, mainly in

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, where he was born and died. He collaborated with contemporary architects such as Francesco Grimaldi,

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and Giovan Giacomo Di Conforto.

Bibliography (in Italian)

* Francesco Abbate, Storia dell'arte nell'Italia meridionale: il Cinquecento, vol. 3, Roma, Donzelli Editore, 2001, . * Emilio Ricciardi
Il "Poggio delle Mortelle" nella storia dell'architettura napoletana"
degree thesis in ''Storia dell'architettura e della città'', 2006. * Francesco Domenico Moccia and Dante Caporali (ed.), NapoliGuida. Tra luoghi e monumenti della città storica, Clean, 2001, . 16th-century Italian architects 17th-century Italian architects 16th-century Neapolitan people 17th-century Neapolitan people {{Italy-architect-stub