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Carlo Castellamonte
father of Amedeo Castellamonte. He was born in 1560 and died in 1641 in Turin.
He was one of the first Piedmontese noble people professionally working in the field of architecture. Architect, civil and military engineer, Castellamonte studied in Rome (1579), perhaps with Scamozzi, whereas in Turin he was assistant and co-operator of the Duchal engineer Ascanio Vitozzi.
In 1598 he helped Ascanio Vitozzi in building the Madonna di Vico, and in 1602 he designed the Hermitage of the Camaldolensians in Turin.
In 1615 Castellamonte was appointed as an architect of His Royal Majesty, succeeding Vitozzi, with whom he cared for the construction of the Sanctuary of Vicoforte.
On 26th April 1602 Carlo Emanuele I granted him a position in his guard, without any obligation of service and two years later he gave him the project for the church of the Arci-brortherhood of the Very Holy Schrewd of the Piedmontese in Rome. In 1673 he was appointed as a superintendent to fortresses and then engineer and lieutenant of Artillery and water buildings. (1626-1634).
Among architectonic works in Castellamonte we can remember: Rivoli Castle (1633), works of decoration to the Valentine Castle (1633-40), the Royal Castle of Moncalieri and several other fortification works.
In 1639 he intervened to Madama Palace where the regent was moving her residence, taking out a hall-entrance bound to a noble entrance and a parade environment.
In 1620 Castellamonte cared for the design of extension known as New Town, aimed at recovering on the Southern area of Turin an area to be connected to the Dome square. In addition to this, he designed piazza Royal, now San Carlo square (1637). Castellamonte was also a stage-designer for shows made in 1606-1607 in the hall of Madama palace. He was the author of the transient building (1619) in Moncenisio for the tournament (The conquest of Rodi), in occasion of the marriage of Vittorio Amedeo, and the transient Porta Nuova in Turin. We can mention also the carousel Il trionfo delle allegrezze del mondo (the triumph of worldly happiness), set at the Castello square in Turin, for the birth of Francesco Giacinto (1632) and probably the setting of the Cathedral for the funeral of Vittorio Amedeo I (1638).
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