Francesco Grimaldi (architect)
Francesco Grimaldi (Oppido Lucano, 1543 – Naples, August 1, 1613) was an Italian Theatine Order priest and architect, working mainly in Naples.
Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli a Pizzofalcone, Naples
Interior of Cappella del Tesoro di San Gennaro
Among his designs are works for:
- Covent of the Theatine Order (1590) at the church of Santi Apostoli.
- Church of Santi Apostoli, which resembles Sant'Andrea della Valle in Rome.
- Cappella del Tesoro (1608) in the Cathedral of Naples
- Church of Santa Maria degli Angioli a Pizzo-Falcone.
- Church of the Trinità delle Monache.
- Church of the San Paolo.
Sources
- Sasso, Camillo Napoleone (1856). Storia de'monumenti di Napoli e degli architetti che gli edificavono: Dallo Stabilimento della Monarchia, sino al nostri Giorni, Volume 1. Largo Regina Coeli, Naples: Tipografia Federico Vitale. pp. 224–226.
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