Giovanni Antonio Medrano
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Giovanni Antonio de Medrano (11 December, 1703–1760)[1] was the "Major Regius Praefectus Mathematicis Regni Neapolitani" (Major Royal Governor of Mathematics of the Kingdom of Naples), chief engineer of the kingdom, architect, brigadier, and teacher of Charles III of Spain and his brothers the infantes. Giovanni (also known as Juan Antonio Fernandez de Medrano)[2] was born in Sciacca in the Kingdom of Sicily. Giovanni Antonio de Medrano designed the Obelisk of Bitonto, the Palace of Capodimonte and the Teatro di San Carlo in Italy for Charles III of Spain. Medrano’s career is particularly studied, from his stay in Seville as a teacher for the royal princes, and his influence on Prince Charles’ architectural taste, to his projects in the Kingdom of Naples and the royal palace at Capodimonte.[1]