architecture

October 23, 2016
Today is the feast day of San Giovanni da Capestrano (Kapisztrán János in Hungarian).

October 2, 2016
Saint Charles Borromeo was born 2 October 1538 in Milan, the city where he became Archbishop in 1564 and died in 1584.

September 18, 2016
Arte Povera Collection Gets New York Home A new space housing the impressive Arte Povera and contemporary art collection of Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu is under construction.

September 16, 2016
Official protocol of the City of Orvieto, 16 September 1310, Archive of the Community of Orvieto, Deliberations of the Commune from 1310-1312, fol.

September 2, 2016
Architect Vincenzo Scamozzi was born on 2 September 1548 in Vicenza.

August 26, 2016
Chair of architecture at the University of Palermo, Ernesto Basile died on 26 August 1932.

August 9, 2016
Baroque architect, sculptor, and marble master Dionisio Lazzari died 9 August 1689 in Naples.

July 25, 2016
Italian artist Andrea Fantoni died in Rovetta on 25 July 1734.

July 24, 2016
Rainulfo II of Alife became the “rebel king” of the southern Italian peninsula following a victory on 24 July 1132 at the Battle of Nocera during which the Norman ruler, Roger II, was briefly deposed.

July 10, 2016
Decorative painter Alessandro Alberti died in Rome on 10 July 1596.