Zuccalli was born in
Roveredo, then part of the
Republic of the Three Leagues (today
Canton Grisons,
Switzerland). From 1669 he lived in
Munich and became a major representative of the introduction of
Italian Baroque architecture to Germany. He was a bitter rival of another Swiss architect,
Giovanni Antonio Viscardi. In 1672 Zuccalli became chief architect of the Bavarian court as successor of
Agostino Barelli and remained in office until the Austrian invasion of Bavaria in 1706. He died in
Munich. He was the uncle of (Giovanni) Gaspare Zuccalli who built two churches at Salzburg. ==Chief works==