
Santino Solari (1576 – April 10, 1646), was an Italian
architect
An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...
and
sculptor
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, who worked mainly in
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
. He was born at
Verna near
Como
Como (, ; lmo, Còmm, label=Comasco , or ; lat, Novum Comum; rm, Com; french: Côme) is a city and ''comune'' in Lombardy, Italy. It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como.
Its proximity to Lake Como and to the Alps has m ...
.
In 1612, he was appointed chief architect of Salzburg by the archbishop Markus Sittikus. His work introduced north
Italian early baroque to Austria. Solari died in
Salzburg
Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label=Austro-Bavarian) is the fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872.
The town is on the site of the Roman settlement of ''Iuvavum''. Salzburg was founded ...
and is buried in the
St. Peter's Cemetery there.
Works
*Fortifications in the city and province of
Salzburg
Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label=Austro-Bavarian) is the fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872.
The town is on the site of the Roman settlement of ''Iuvavum''. Salzburg was founded ...
(e.g., in
Neumarkt am Wallersee
Neumarkt am Wallersee is a town in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg in Austria.
Origins
The origins of the city are in 1240, with the Archbishop Erberhard II of Salzburg.
Population
Neumarkt am Wallersee has a popu ...
)
*
Schloss Hellbrunn with its trick fountains
*Salzburg cathedral after having modified the plans by
Vincenzo Scamozzi
Vincenzo Scamozzi (2 September 1548 – 7 August 1616) was an Italian architect and a writer on architecture, active mainly in Vicenza and Republic of Venice area in the second half of the 16th century. He was perhaps the most important figure t ...
His son, Ignazio Solari, executed, together with Fra Donato Mascagni, the frescoes in the Salzburg Cathedral. He also painted the altar piece "Burial of Christ" on the north wall of the cathedral.
References
16th-century Italian architects
17th-century Italian architects
16th-century Italian sculptors
Italian male sculptors
17th-century Italian sculptors
1576 births
1646 deaths
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