Giovanni Pietro Tencalla

(1629–1702) Swiss architect

Giovanni Pietro Tencalla (1629–1702) is listed in the catalogue as an architect. By year of birth, Giovanni Pietro Tencalla belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of architecture.

Giovanni Pietro Tencalla was born in Bissone and died in Bissone. Giovanni Pietro Tencalla worked in Moravia, Vienna, Kroměříž, and Olomouc.

One of the best-known works is ‘Basilica of Assumption and Saints Cyril and Methodius’. The catalogue has 7 buildings by Giovanni Pietro Tencalla. The dated buildings span the years 1228–1700. The buildings are in places such as Olomouc, Svatý Kopeček, Gemeindebezirk Innere Stadt, Bílina, and Kroměříž. They are in 2 countries. According to Wikidata, buildings by Giovanni Pietro Tencalla belong to the styles ‘Baroque’ and ‘Romanesque’.

Contemporary architects in the same chapter include Jacob Staël von Holstein, Eufrasio López de Rojas, Angelo Italia, Kaspar Zuccalli, and Pier Maria Baldi.

• Sankt Mikaelskyrkan
• Basilica of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary
• Palais Lobkowitz, Vienna
• Bílina Castle
• Flower Garden
• Basilica of Assumption and Saints Cyril and Methodius
• Archiepiscopal palace in Olomouc