Solari Solario, Santino#
Solari (Solario), Santino, b. Verna near Lugano (Switzerland), 1576, d. Salzburg, April 10, 1646, architect and sculptor. From 1612 cathedral planner and architect at the court of the archbishops Marcus Sitticus and Paris Lodron in Salzburg, where he was in charge of the construction of the cathedral (1614-1628, after changes in the draft of V. Scamozzi) as well as all construction activities in the monastery. Introduced the North Italian early baroque into Austria; buried in St. Peter's cemetery in Salzburg).
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fortifications in Salzburg, 1612-1614; Hellbrunn palace, 1613-1619; Palais Lodron, 1631. - Churches: Franziskuskirche church in Wagrain, 1616; Obertauern, 1617; Taxenbach, 1640; Duerrnberg (marble portal, 3 chapels).Literature#
I. Wallentin, Der Salzburger Hofbaumeister S. S., doctoral thesis, Salzburg 1985.