Giacomo Amato (

Palermo Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan ...

, 14 May 1643 –

, 26 December 1732) was a Sicilian architect. Member of the religious order of the

Camillians The Camillians or Clerics Regular, Ministers to the Sick ( la, Clerci Regulari Ministeri Infirmaribus) are a Roman Catholic religious order, founded in 1582 by St. Camillus de Lellis (1550-1614). A large red cross was chosen by the founder as t ...

and pupil of

Paolo Amato Paolo is both a given name and a surname, the Italian form of the name Paul. Notable people with the name include: People with the given name Paolo Art *Paolo Alboni (1671–1734), Italian painter *Paolo Abbate (1884–1973), Italian-American s ...

and

Carlo Rainaldi Carlo Rainaldi (4 May 1611 – 8 February 1691) was an Italian architect of the Baroque period. Biography Born in Rome, Rainaldi was one of the leading architects of 17th century Rome, known for a certain grandeur in his designs. He worked at f ...

, he designed several scenographic

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

churches in Palermo Palermo, main city of Sicily, has a big heritage of churches which ranges from the Norman architecture, Arab-Norman-Byzantine style to the Gothic architecture, Gothic and the Baroque architecture, Baroque styles. In particular, the list includes th ...

, like

Santa Teresa alla Kalsa The Church of Saint Teresa (Italian language, Italian: Chiesa di Santa Teresa or Santa Teresa alla Kalsa) is a Baroque architecture, Baroque Roman Catholic church, located on Piazza della Kalsa, facing the ''Porta de Greci'' (now Palazzo Forcella ...

, Santa Maria della Pietà and San Mattia ai Crociferi. He also collaborated with Giacomo Serpotta in the designs of the Palermitan oratories of San Domenico and

San Lorenzo San Lorenzo is the Italian and Spanish name for Lawrence of Rome, Saint Lawrence, the 3rd-century Christian martyr, and may refer to: Places Argentina * San Lorenzo, Santa Fe * San Lorenzo Department, Chaco * Monte San Lorenzo, a mountain on t ...

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AMATO, Giacomo
Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani {{DEFAULTSORT:Amato, Giacomo Camillians Architects of the Sicilian Baroque Architects from Palermo 1643 births 1732 deaths