Pompeo Ferrari



Pompeo Ferrari (circa 1660 – 15 May 1736) was an Italian architect, known as the best Baroque artist of Greater Poland.

Biography
He studied in the leading art school of the era – Accademia di San Luca in Rome. After 1696, he lived in the court of the king Stanislaus I Leszczyński in Rydzyna. In 1703 he married Anna Rozyna Eitner, with whom he had several children.

Main works

 * Leszno town hall (disputed) and tombs in the parish church
 * Urban foundation of Rydzyna
 * Ląd Abbey
 * Basilica on the Holy Mountain near Gostyń
 * Teodor Potocki's chapel at the Cathedral in Gniezno
 * Fara Church in Poznań