Editing Francesco Borromini (section)

==Early life and first works==
Borromini was born at [[Bissone]],<ref>Later he was also nicknamed "[[Bissone]]".</ref> near [[Lugano]] in today's [[Ticino]], which was at the time a bailiwick of the [[Old Swiss Confederacy|Swiss Confederacy]]. He was the son of a stonemason and began his own career as one. 

He soon went to [[Milan]] to study architecture and practice his craft.<ref>He moved to Milano between 1608 and 1614. {{cite web|last=Carboneri|first=Nino|title=Francesco Borromini|url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/francesco-borromini_(Dizionario-Biografico)/|work=Dizionario biografico degli Italiani|publisher=Treccani|access-date=22 May 2014}}</ref> He moved to [[Rome]] in 1619 and started working for [[Carlo Maderno]], his distant relative, at [[St. Peter's Basilica|St. Peter's]] and then at the [[Palazzo Barberini]]. When Maderno died in 1629, he and Pietro da Cortona continued to work on the palace under the direction of Bernini. 

Once he had become established in Rome, he changed his name from Castelli to Borromini, a name derived from his mother's family and perhaps, also out of regard for [[St Charles Borromeo]].<ref>Blunt, Anthony. ''Borromini'', Belknap Harvard, 1979, p. 13</ref>