The New International Encyclopædia/Fuga, Ferdinando
FUGA, fōō'gȧ,  (1699-1784). A
prominent Italian architect of the Barocco period,
born in Florence in 1699. He worked
principally at Rome, where his masterpiece is the
Corsini Palace. He then went to Southern Italy,
and died while engaged in reconstructing the
Cathedral of Palermo.