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    Jakub Fontana (born 1710 in Szczuczyn, died 13 April 1773 in Warsaw) was a Polish architect of Swiss Italian origin, a practitioner of the Baroque and...
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    have survived to this day. He recruited first-rate architects such as Jakub Fontana, Merlini, Kamsetzer, and Kubicki, to work on the castle, as well as...
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  • brother of Jakub Fontana. He was ennobled by King Stanisław August Poniatowski on 9 September 1769 and received his own coat of arms, Fontana. Rocznik warszawski...
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  • architect Giovanni Fontana (architect) (1540–1614), an Italian architect Jakub Fontana (1710-1773) Polish architect Luigi Fontana (1827–1908), an Italian...
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    have survived to this day. He recruited first-rate architects such as Jakub Fontana, Merlini, Kamsetzer, and Kubicki, to work on the castle, as well as...
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    style, but the construction was not completed. Renovations were led by Jakub Fontana, a renowned architect at the time. In 1790, the residence and the adjacent...
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    Fontana II (born 1676 in Mendrisio, Canton of Ticino, died 1739 in Warsaw) was a Swiss Italian Polish architect and the father of architects, Jakub Fontana...
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    architects were employed, among them Tylman van Gameren, Andreas Schlüter, Jakub Fontana, and Enrico Marconi. The buildings situated in the vicinity of the Warsaw...
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    into a city prison. Around that time it was also expanded (possibly by Jakub Fontana) along the Boleść Street. Further expansion was done between 1796 and...
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    Client Jerzy Dominik Lubomirski Design and construction Architect(s) Jakub Fontana UNESCO World Heritage Site Type Cultural Criteria ii, vi Designated...
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    further modified by King Stanisław II August, who in 1764 commissioned Jakub Fontana, Dominik Merlini, Jean-Baptiste Pillement and Efraim Schroeger to refurbish...
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    Jabłonowski Palace was built in 1773-85 for Antoni Barnaba Jabłonowski by Jakub Fontana and Dominik Merlini. In 1817-19 it was reconstructed to serve as the...
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    spanning the aisles. Construction management was entrusted to Józef Fontana and his son, Jakub. In 1737 the church, dedicated to St. Francis of Assisi, was consecrated...
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    finished with storeyed pavilions with mansard roofs based on plans by Jakub Fontana. Between them a guard-house was erected (1763) with sculptures by Sebastian...
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    as the Potocki Palace (1740s), built by a Polish-Italian architect Jakub Fontana. Its interior was destroyed twice: in 1915 by Imperial Russian troops...
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    for Grand Crown Hetman Jan Klemens Branicki. Jan Henryk Klemm (1743), Jakub Fontana (1750) and sculptor Jan Chryzostom Redler also participated in the construction...
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    lieutenant general of the Polish army, and Katarzyna née Fontana, a sister of royal architect Jakub Fontana. Tadeusz's grandfather, Jan Thullie, had been brought...
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    the years 1750–1771, the rebuilding of the palace was supervised by Jakub Fontana, who was an author of the palace's vestibule, rococo interiors and the...
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  • lithographer, photographer Julian Fałat, painter Wojciech Fangor, painter Jakub Fontana, baroque and neoclassical architect Teodor and Franciszek Gajewski,...
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    several ancillary rooms. Also, the builder of the church, architect Jakub Fontana left 74,000 złoty for maintenance and to help the sick, in his will...
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    was rebuilt as a rococo palace with a five-story facade, designed by Jakub Fontana. From Senatorska Street, it is the second home frontage in classical...
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    and 1760 the façade was reconstructed in rococo style according to Jakub Fontana's design and decorated with two filigree belfries. The walls and semicircular...
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    sculpture in stucco and wood. He has collaborated with the architect Jakub Fontana, who is recognized as the designer of many of his works. Catherine Mikocka-Rachubowa...
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    Przemyśl, Andrzej Młodziejowski, for whom the palace was extended by Jakub Fontana before 1771. In the course of this extension, side aisles were created...
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  • Jan Zaor Chrystian Piotr Aigner (1756–1841) Józef Boretti (1746–1849) Jakub Fontana (1710–1773) Paweł Giżycki (1692–1762) Jan Krzysztof Glaubitz (1700–1767)...
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    the Bishops of Cracow (built in 1622, rebuilt between 1760-1762 by Jakub Fontana) and the mansion of the Warsaw banker, Piotr Tepper (built in 1774 according...
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    Karczew Polish Baroque Church of Saint Vitus built in 1732–1737 by Jakub Fontana Flag Coat of arms Karczew Coordinates: 52°5′N 21°15′E / 52.083°N 21...
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  • is completed. Rebuilding of Potocki Palace, Warsaw, to designs by Jakub Fontana, is completed. Shardeloes (country house) in Buckinghamshire, England...
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    eighteenth century by Bishop Cajetan Sołtyk, employing eminent architect, Jakub Fontana. The importance of the castle in Bodzentyn began to decline following...
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    complex was built to function as a residence and defensive stronghold. Jakub Fontana became the main architect of the complex, who also carried out the expansion...
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