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This article contains a concise biographical timeline for Domenico Fontana.
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1543 – He is born in Melide (Today’s Ticino, Switzerland).
1563 – He goes to Rome.
1584 – Pope Sixtus V entrusts him to build the Chapel of the Manger.
1586 – He edits the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano.
1586 – He erects the 327 ton obelisk in the square of St. Peter’s.
1590 – He publishes Della transportatione dell’obelisco Vaticano e delle fabriche di Sisto V.
1594-1600 – He digs an underground channel through Pompeii.
1607 – He dies in Naples.
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References;
1 – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domenico_Fontana
2 – https://interactive.archaeology.org/pompeii/history.html
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