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Giovanni Carlo Galli-Bibiena (August 11, 1717 - November 20, 1760), was an Italian architect and designer.
He was the son of
an-GBibiena
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He was the son of Francesco Galli Bibiena
Francesco Galli, called Francesco da Bibiena (or da Bibbiena), a member of the theatrical Galli da Bibiena family and younger brother of Ferdinando Galli, was born at Bologna in 1659. He first studied under Lorenzo Pasinelli; but he was afterwar ...
and a member of the Galli da Bibiena family of artists. He was a member of the Accademia Clementina
The Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna ("academy of fine arts of Bologna") is a public tertiary academy of fine art in Bologna, in Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy. It has a campus in Cesena.
Giorgio Morandi taught engraving at the Accademia f ...
in Bologna.
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an-GBibiena
("artnet" is a trademark of artnet Worldwide Corporation). In Bologna, he decorated the staircase of
Palazzo Savini
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and the chapel ''Cappella di San Antonio Cappella may refer to:
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'' in San Bartolommeo di Porta Ravegnana. Giovanni Carlo also designed a decorative scheme for the high altar of ''San Petronio'', Bologna, for the Bolognese Pope Benedict XIV. In 1752, he was summoned by Joseph, the King of Portugal, to Lisbon
Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...
, where he designed the Ópera do Tejo
The Ópera do Tejo (, Tagus Opera) or Real Casa da Ópera (Royal Opera House) was a luxurious opera house in Lisbon, Portugal. It was inaugurated on March 31, 1755, and destroyed by the 1755 Lisbon earthquake on November 1 of the same year.
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adjoining the royal palace, but the opera house was destroyed seven months after completion by the 1755 earthquake. Giovanni Carlo Galli-Bibiena died in Lisbon.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Galli-Bibiena, Giovanni Carlo 1717 births 1760 deaths 18th-century Italian architects People of Tuscan descent Architects from Bologna