Giovanni Battista Falda (c. 1640–1678) was an Italian

Italy

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 architect and engraver. He is mainly known for his engravings of contemporary and antique structures in Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

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He lived mainly in Rome, where he started to work with the publisher Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi. He engraved for Le fontane di Roma (Fountains in Rome

Fountains in Rome

This is a list of historical and monumental fountains in Rome, Italy.-History :For more than two thousand years fountains have provided drinking water and decorated the piazzas of Rome...

) and for Palazzi di Roma (Palaces of Rome). The latter was published in 1655 in collaboration with Pietro Ferrerio.