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    Giacomo della Porta (1532–1602) was an Italian architect and sculptor, who worked on many important buildings in Rome, including St. Peter's Basilica...
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    Within Rome, the huge domed church of Sant'Andrea della Valle was designed by Giacomo della Porta before the completion of St Peter's Basilica, and subsequently...
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  • hockey and rugby player Donatella della Porta (born 1956), Italian sociologist and political scientist Giacomo della Porta (1532–1602), Italian architect...
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    Giacomo della Porta. The dome, as built, has a much steeper projection than the dome of the model. It is generally presumed that it was della Porta who...
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    tritons, dolphins, and a conch shell. It was originally designed by Giacomo della Porta in the 1570s with later contributions from Gian Lorenzo Bernini in...
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    Areopagite and King Louis IX of France. The church was designed by Giacomo della Porta and built by Domenico Fontana between 1518 and 1589, and completed...
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    Giacomo della Porta was involved in the construction of the cross-vault, dome, and the apse. The revision of Vignola's façade design by della Porta has...
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    surmounted by an Egyptian obelisk. The fountain was constructed by Giacomo della Porta under Pope Gregory XIII in 1575, and the Pantheon obelisk was added...
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  • Italian road cyclist Giacomo della Porta (c. 1533–1602), Italian architect and sculptor Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924), Italian composer Giacomo Quarenghi (1744–1817)...
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    village, of uncertain attribution. Velletri: City Hall; with Giacomo della Porta. Vetralla: Porta Romana; of uncertain attribution. Franciosoni Palace; of...
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