Giovanni Fontana (architect)

Giovanni Fontana (Melide, 1540 – Rome, 1614) was a Dominican friar and late-Mannerist architect, as well as brother of Domenico Fontana.

Fontana built one of the most important rural villas of the Roman Campagna in 1601-1605 for the Aldobrandini family. Castello di Torrenova was originally a medieval farmhouse that Fontana enlarged and embellished with Renaissance details and crenellated walls. Next to the castle a small late Renaissance church was built for Saint Clement, the patron saint of the Aldobrandini Pope, Clement VIII.

External links

Giovanni Baglione, Giovanni Battista Passari, Le vite de' pittori, scultori, architetti, ed intagliatori

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 13104752 ISNI: 0000 0000 6630 8885 ULAN: 500021566 RKD: 28533

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