Carlo Gimach | |
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Born | 2 March 1651 |
Died | 31 December 1730 (aged 79) Rome, Papal States |
Resting place | Basilica of St Anastasia 41°53′17.1″N 12°29′3.1″E / 41.888083°N 12.484194°E |
Nationality | Maltese (of Palestinian and French descent) |
Education | Roman College |
Occupation(s) | Architect and engineer |
Carlo Gimach (2 March 1651 – 31 December 1730) was a Maltese architect, engineer and poet who was active in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Throughout his career, he worked in Malta, Portugal and Rome, and he is mostly known for designing Palazzo Carneiro (now Auberge de Bavière) in Valletta, renovating the Monastery of Arouca in Portugal, and restoring the Basilica of St. Anastasia in Rome. He is known to have written a number of poems and other literary works, but these are all lost with the exception of one cantata which he wrote in 1714.