Giovanni Antonio Medrano (born c. 1703) was an Italian

Italy

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 architect.

Born in Sciacca

Sciacca

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, Sicily

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, he became a brigadier in the army of Charles of Bourbon

Charles III of Spain

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, while he was king of the Two Sicilies

Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

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. Following the Battle of Bitonto

Battle of Bitonto

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 in 1734, Charles had Medrano construct a commemorative obelisk in Bitonto

Bitonto

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In 1737, Charles commissioned Medrano to design the new San Carlo opera house

Teatro di San Carlo

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 in Naples

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. Medrano then went on to design the Museo di Capodimonte

Museo di Capodimonte

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, Charles's new palace and museum in Naples. Medrano started work on this, with others, in 1738, but the building was not finally completed until 1840.