Giovanni Battista Fornovo (1521–1575) was an Italian architect, active in a late- Renaissance style in Parma. Around 1560, he helped design the church of the

Santissima Annunziata, Parma The Santissima Annunziata, also called the Basilica del Paradiso, is a Renaissance architecture, Renaissance style, Roman Catholic church and convent located on Via Massimo D'Azeglio in Parma, Italy. History The church was built on a site of a con ...

while working as the court architect for Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza.Nuovissima guida per osservare le pitture si a olio che a fresco esistenti Attualmente nelle chiese di Parma
by Giuseppe Bertoluzzi (1830), page 6.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fornovo, Giovanni Battista Architects from Parma 16th-century Italian architects Italian Renaissance architects 1525 births 1575 deaths