Giovanni Bonalino [SEP] date of birth
Giovanni Bonalino
Giovanni Bonalino (c. 1575–1633 in Bamberg) was an Italian builder and mason, who worked primarily in Germany. He worked on several churches in Bamberg, the Schloss Ehrenburg in Coburg, the Pfarrhaus in Frensdorf, and the "Schloss" in Weimar. He began designing the palace in Weimar in 1619 following a fire in 1774.
1619 planned by the Italian architect Giovanni Bonalino. The church was completed in 1630, where several works by Johann Sebastian Bach were premiered between 1708 and 1717. In the 1650s Johann Moritz Richter was engaged by Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar to modify the design to a symmetrical Baroque structure with three wings, open to the south. After Wilhelm's death in 1662, the new building became known as the "Wilhelmsburg"; the chapel was called the "Himmelsburg".
The building was destroyed by fire in 1774