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Borromini

American  
[bawr-uh-mee-nee, bor-, bawr-raw-mee-nee] / ˌbɔr əˈmi ni, ˌbɒr-, ˌbɔr rɔˈmi ni /

noun

  1. Francesco 1599–1667, Italian architect and sculptor.


Borromini British  
/ borroˈmiːni /

noun

  1. Francesco , original name Francesco Castelli . 1599–1667, Italian baroque architect, working in Rome: his buildings include the churches of San Carlo (1641) and Sant' Ivo (1660)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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There were also cracks in the cupola of Sant’Ivo alla Sapienza church in Rome, a baroque masterpiece by Francesco Borromini, an architectural giant of the 17th century.

From Time ● Oct. 30, 2016

The cathedral was first started by priests of Francis' Jesuit order and the facade was designed by the Italian architect Borromini.

From US News ● Sep. 20, 2015

And benediction comes in a concluding, litany-like chanting of the names of famous Borromini churches, settling on a serene, affirmative, distinctly terminal D minor chord.

From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2014

Effectively, it raises up a Borromini church in sound, especially in the first and third of its four seamless movements, which are purely instrumental but with graphic illustrative force.

From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2014

As Italy had its Borromini, so had Spain its Churriguera.

From An Architect's Note-Book in Spain principally illustrating the domestic architecture of that country. by Matthew Digby Wyatt

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