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[[File:Capra, Alessandro – Nuova architettura dell'agrimensura di terre e acque, – BEIC 78778.jpg|thumb|''Nuova architettura dell'agrimensura di terre e acque'']]
[[File:Capra, Alessandro – Nuova architettura militare, 1683 – BEIC IE6832996 Capra Alessandro.jpg|thumb|Alessandro Capra]]

'''Alessandro Capra''' (born 1620, date of death unknown) was an Italian architect and inventor. He was born in [[Cremona]].
'''Alessandro Capra''' (c. 1608 – c. 1684) was an Italian architect and inventor. He was born in [[Cremona]].


He studied [[architecture]] under Giacomo Erba. He invented a number of machines. From 1672 to 1682, he published three volumes on [[geometry]] and civil and military architecture. His two sons, Giusto and Domenica, worked on a number of hydraulic inventions.
He studied [[architecture]] under Giacomo Erba. He invented a number of machines. From 1672 to 1682, he published three volumes on [[geometry]] and civil and military architecture. His two sons, Giusto and Domenica, worked on a number of hydraulic inventions.


== Works ==
== Works ==
* {{Cite book|title=Geometria famigliare|publisher=Giovanni Pietro Zanni|location=Cremona|date=1673|url=https://preserver.beic.it/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE7548579}}

* {{Cite book|title=Geometria famigliare|volume=|publisher=Giovanni Pietro Zanni|location=Cremona|year=1673|language=it|url=https://gutenberg.beic.it/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=78987}}
* {{Cite book|title=Nuova architettura famigliare|publisher=Giacomo Monti|location=Bologna|date=1678|url=https://preserver.beic.it/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE8051171}}
* {{Cite book|title=Nuova architettura famigliare|volume=|publisher=Giacomo Monti|location=Bologna|year=1678|language=it|url=https://gutenberg.beic.it/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=1236217}}
* {{Cite book|title=Nuova architettura militare|publisher=Giacomo Monti|date=1683|url=https://preserver.beic.it/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE6832996}}
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* {{Cite book|title=Nuova architettura dell'agrimensura di terre e acque|publisher=Paolo Puerone|location=Cremona|date=|url=https://preserver.beic.it/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE6973827}}
* {{Cite book
| publisher = Giacomo Monti
| last = Capra
| first = Alessandro
| title = Nuova architettura militare
| date = 1683
| language = it | url = https://gutenberg.beic.it/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=1235780 }}

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* {{Cite book|title=Nuova architettura dell'agrimensura di terre e acque|volume=|publisher=Paolo Puerone|location=Cremona|year=|language=it|url=https://gutenberg.beic.it/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=78778}}


==References==
==References==
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*{{cite book| first=Filippo de'| last=Boni| year=1852| title=Biografia degli artisti, ovvero dizionario della vita e delle opere dei pittori, degli scultori, degli intagliatori, dei tipografi e dei musici di ogni nazione che fiorirono da' tempi più remoti sino á nostri giorni|edition=seconda | page= 184 | publisher=Presso Andrea Santini e Figlio|location=Venice |id= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IU0_AAAAcAAJ}}
* {{Cite book|first=Filippo|last=De Boni|title=Biografia degli artisti, ovvero Dizionario della vita e delle opere dei pittori, degli scultori, degli intagliatori, dei tipografi e dei musici di ogni nazione|chapter=CAPRA (Alessandro)|edition=2|publisher=Andrea Santini|location=Venezia|date=1852|p=184|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IU0_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA184}}
* {{DBI|url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/alessandro-capra_(Dizionario-Biografico)/|title=CAPRA, Alessandro|first=Loredana|last=Olivato|volume=19}}


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[[Category:1620 births]]
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[[Category:17th-century Italian architects]]
[[Category:17th-century Italian architects]]

Revision as of 08:27, 20 July 2023

Alessandro Capra

Alessandro Capra (c. 1608 – c. 1684) was an Italian architect and inventor. He was born in Cremona.

He studied architecture under Giacomo Erba. He invented a number of machines. From 1672 to 1682, he published three volumes on geometry and civil and military architecture. His two sons, Giusto and Domenica, worked on a number of hydraulic inventions.

Works

  • Geometria famigliare. Cremona: Giovanni Pietro Zanni. 1673.
  • Nuova architettura famigliare. Bologna: Giacomo Monti. 1678.
  • Nuova architettura militare. Giacomo Monti. 1683.
  • Nuova architettura dell'agrimensura di terre e acque. Cremona: Paolo Puerone.

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