Pietro Fontana (engineer)

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Pietro Fontana (22 April 1638 – 16 February 1714) was an early 18th-century engineer and architect. He was secretary of the Accademia degli Ottusi di Spoleto (known later as the Accademia Spoletina) and founded the Società Agraria Spoletina. [1]

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  1. "The Theater that was Rome – Biography". library.brown.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-22.