Carlo Barabino

Carlo Francesco Barabino
Born	February 11, 1768 Genoa, Republic of Genoa
Died	September 3, 1835 Genoa, Republic of Genoa
Nationality	Italian
Known for	Architecture
Movement	Neoclassicism

Carlo Barabino (February 11, 1768 – September 3, 1835) was a prominent Italian architect of the Neoclassic period, active mainly in his native Genoa. He was a pupil of Giuseppe Barbieri. Barabino became the City Architect of Genoa in 1818. He designed the original Teatro Carlo Felice Opera House in Genoa; facade rebuilt after destruction in World War II. He also built the Palazzo Dell'Accademia in Genoa, and the facades of Santa Maria Assunta, Genoa (Carignano), San Siro, and the Basilica della Santissima Annunziata del Vastato. He established the plan for the Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno in Genoa.^[1]

Teatro Carlo Felice

References

1. Curl, James Stevens (1999). Oxford Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (2 ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-860678-9.

• Corrado, Ricci (1911). Art in Northern Italy. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 258.