Carlo Francesco Barabino | |
Birth Date: | February 11, 1768 |
Birth Place: | Genoa, Republic of Genoa |
Death Date: | September 3, 1835 |
Death Place: | Genoa, Republic of Genoa |
Nationality: | Italian |
Known For: | Architecture |
Movement: | Neoclassicism |
Carlo Barabino (February 11, 1768 – September 3, 1835) was a prominent Italian architect of the Neoclassic period, active mainly in his native Genoa. He was a pupil of Giuseppe Barbieri. Barabino became the City Architect of Genoa in 1818. He designed the original Teatro Carlo Felice Opera House in Genoa; facade rebuilt after destruction in World War II. He also built the Palazzo Dell'Accademia in Genoa, and the facades of Santa Maria Assunta, Genoa (Carignano), San Siro, and the Basilica della Santissima Annunziata del Vastato. He established the plan for the Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno in Genoa.[1]