Carlo di Castellamonte was an Italian

Italy

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 architect, civil and military engineer, one of the main exponents of Piedmont

Piedmont

Piedmont is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,402 square kilometres and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital of Piedmont is Turin. The main local language is Piedmontese. Occitan is also spoken by a minority in the Occitan Valleys situated in the Provinces of...

ese Baroque

Baroque architecture

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Castellamonte was born in Turin

Turin

Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...

. After his studies in Rome

Rome

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, he returned in Piedmont where was assistant to Ascanio Vitozzi

Ascanio Vitozzi

Ascanio Vitozzi was an Italian soldier, architect and military engineer....

. Named Architect of the House of Savoy

House of Savoy

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 in 1615, he continued the program of urban and architectural renovation of Turin commissioned to Vitozzi by Charles Emmanuel I.

Castellamonte worked at the prosecution of Via Roma (1621), the project of the Piazza Reale (today San Carlo Square), the church of St. Christine on the latter (façade by Filippo Juvarra

Filippo Juvarra

Filippo Juvarra was an Italian architect and stage set designer.-Biography:Filippo Juvarra was an Italian Baroque architect working in the early part of the eighteenth century. He was born in Messina, Sicily, to a family of goldsmiths and engravers...

 from 1715 to 1718), the enlargement of the Castle of Valentino (begun in 1633 and continued by his son Amedeo

Amedeo di Castellamonte

Amedeo di Castellamonte was an Italian architect, civil and military engineer.-Biography:He was born in Castellamonte...

), the restoration of Palazzo Madama

Palazzo Madama, Turin

Palazzo Madama e Casaforte degli Acaja is a palace in Turin, northern Italy.-History:At the beginning of the first century BC, the site of the palace was occupied by a gate in the Roman walls from which the decumanus maximus of Augusta Taurinorum departed. Two of the towers, although restored,...

 (also in collaboration with Amedeo) and the Castle of Moncalieri

Castle of Moncalieri

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