Talk:Francesco Borromini
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[edit] Sources?
Where are the sources for any of this information?
[edit] Epitaph
Can someone translate the italian on his Epitaph? Blahm 02:23, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Born in...
He's not technically born in Tessin as the canton of Tessin/Ticino is a XIXth century creation (1803 to be precise) nor in Switzerland. So he's born in the "baliaggi ultramontani" (in italian), or the "Ennetbergische Vogteien" (in German), or the "baillages italiens" (in French) that can be translated into "the Bailiwicks Beyond the Mountains" in English. 81.62.101.24 09:26, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
This argumentation is in fact very technical. It is true that the Ticino did not exist as an independent canton at the time. However, the name "Ticino" certainly predates Borromini. It is derived from the Ticino River that crosses the area. At the time of Borrominis birth the Lands of the Ticino were definitively part of the trans-alpine dominion of the Swiss Confederation. That’s why they were called “the Bailiwicks Beyond the Mountains”. 128.240.229.67 (talk) 22:24, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
