Giovanni Bassignani
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Giovanni Bassignani (1669- May, 1717) was an Italian architect and engineer of the late-Baroque.
Born in Brescia, he studied in Padua, then traveled to Venice, Modena, and Genoa. He aided Venice in a number of military projects, including rebuilding forts for the defense of Morea, in their wars against the Ottomans. He was wounded in the battles for Negroponte.
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- Soprani, Raffaello (1769). in Carlo Giuseppe Ratti: Delle vite de' pittori, scultori, ed architetti genovesi; Tomo secundo scritto da Carlo Giuseppe Ratti. Stamperia Casamara in Genoa, dalle Cinque Lampadi, con licenza de Superiori; Digitized by Googlebooks from Oxford University copy on Feb 2, 2007, pages 349-355.
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