Giovanni Battista Nauclerio (Naples, 1666 - Naples, 1739) was an Italian architect and engineer, active in
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
, Italy.
Biography
Nauclerio is described as one of the Naples architects who went against the grain, paving the way for columned
neoclassicism
Neoclassicism (also spelled Neo-classicism) was a Western cultural movement in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiquity. Neoclassicism was ...
of the 18th century.
He took over the work for the completion of the cloister of
San Domenico Maggiore from his collaborator
Francesco Antonio Picchiati. In 1704, he designed the church and monasteries of
San Francesco degli Scarioni. In 1704, he designed the church of
Santi Demetrio e Bonifacio. In 1708, he completed the construction of the church of
San Giovanni Battista delle Monache, which had been designed by
Francesco Picchiatti. In 1720, he designed Villa Paternò on the hill of
Capodimonte. After the death of
Arcangelo Guglielmelli
Arcangelo Guglielmelli (1723) was an Italian architect and painter, active in his native Naples, Italy, in a late-Baroque style. He was involved in the building and reconstruction of churches, many of which had been damaged by the earthquakes of ...
in 1723, he helped complete the church of
Santa Maria delle Grazie a Mondragone. He also helped the main altar for the church of
San Diego all'Ospedaletto, the baldacchino in
San Pietro ad Aram
The Basilica of San Pietro ad Aram is a Baroque architecture, Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church in Naples, Italy. It is located about a block from the church of the Santissima Annunziata Maggiore, Naples, Santissima Annunziata on Corso Umberto ...
, and likely aided in the restructuring of
Santi Bernardo e Margherita and the church of
Santa Maria di Caravaggio.
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Architects from Naples
1666 births
1739 deaths
17th-century Italian architects
18th-century Italian architects
Italian Baroque architects
Engineers from Naples
Italian ecclesiastical architects