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Baldassarre Longhena (
1598 –
February 18 1682), was a
17th century architect, who worked mainly in
Venice, where he was one of the greatest exponents of
Baroque architecture of the period.
Biography
Born in
Venice, Longhena studied under the architect
Vincenzo Scamozzi and after Scamozzi's death completed his monumental
Procuratie Nuove in
St. Mark's Square, a complex of imposing residences and offices for officials of the Venetian
Republic that gives the square its appearance today.
His best-known work is the elegantly decorated
Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute begun in 1631 to thank the
Virgin for the city's deliverance from the
plague. This two
domed church on the
peninsula between the
Grand Canal and the Zattere is one of the city's best-known landmarks. The main entrance, modeled on the
Roman triumphal
arch, was later copied in successive churches and
cathedrals, in Venice and elsewhere.
He designed many other churches in the city, among them the
Chiesa dell'Ospedaletto and
Santa Maria degli Scalzi built between 1656 and
1680, although the façade of the latter church was designed by
Giuseppe Sardi.
One of his largest designs was the
cathedral at
Chioggia, executed between 1624 and
1647. On the completion of the cathedral he designed two elegant palaces on the
Grand Canal of
Venice,
Ca' Rezzonico and
Ca' Pesaro, both completed after his death.
Baldassarre Longhena died at Venice in 1682.
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