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Cavagna, Giovanni Battista

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Also known as: Italian: Giovan Battista Cavagna

CAVAGNA, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. - Architect and painter, b. in Rome ca. 1550, d. at Loreto in 1613.

A member of the Accademia di S. Luca, he worked in Rome and Naples, where he built the church and convent of S. Gregorio Armeno, and the choir of the church of Monteoliveto. Architect of the S. Casa of Loreto from 1605, he continued the construction of the papal palace, and carried out the designs for the church of S. Pietro in Valle at Fano, and for the town hall with the loggia dell'Arlingo in Ascoli Piceno.

Bibliography

BIBL.: G. Sobotka, s. v. in Thieme-Becker, VI, pp. 211-212 (with previous bibl.).

Emma Amadei

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By Emma Amadei

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III (1949), col. 1192.

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Amadei, Emma. “Cavagna, giovanni battista.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, col. 1192. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/cavagna-giovanni-battista.

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Amadei, Emma. “Cavagna, giovanni battista.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 1192. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/cavagna-giovanni-battista.

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  author    = {Amadei, Emma},
  title     = {Cavagna, giovanni battista},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {III},
  pages     = {1192},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/cavagna-giovanni-battista}
}

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