In 1572–1577, he worked in Naples at the church of
San Gregorio Armeno together with . He helped design the Bank in Naples, called the second
Monte di Pietà, started in 1539. By 1597, the building was completed and unified all the banks in the city. In this project, he was aided by
Giovanni Giacomo Di Conforto and Giovanni Cola di Franco. Returning to Rome from Naples, Cavagna worked in the studio of
Federico Zuccari and performed numerous frescoes. Once again in Naples in 1590, he designed several transition edifices from the Renaissance. For example, he helped complete the Muscettola chapel in the church of
Santa Maria della Stella, now no longer extant. In 1591, he helped reconstruct the nave and apse of the church of
Sant'Anna dei Lombardi. He also succeeded
Francesco Grimaldi as director of the construction of
San Paolo Maggiore. From 1598 to 1599 he helped design the Cappella del Tesoro in the Basilica of the
Santissima Annunziata Maggiore, Naples. In these years, he criticised his rival,
Domenico Fontana, a later arrival to Naples, of selecting a poor site for construction the Royal Palace. His disappointment in not winning this commission may have been Cavanga's reason for relocating to Loreto. Cavagna renovated Santa Caterina, an ancient church in
Fabriano. He had been the architect of
San Pietro in Valle,
Fano and of the
Sanctuary of Loreto. In 1601–1602, he was also entrusted the construction of the grain stores. In 1607, he participated in a contest to design the Reale Cappella del Tesoro di San Gennaro, competing against
Ceccardo Bernucci,
Giulio Cesare Fontana,
Francesco Grimaldi,
Giovanni Cola di Franco,
Michelangelo Naccherino, Dionisio Nencioni di Bartolomeo, and
Giovan Giacomo Di Conforto. The architects Grimaldi e Giovanni Cola di Franco submitted the winning design. In 1610, he was active in
Ascoli Piceno, and provided designs for the
Oratorian church of
San Pietro in Valle in the town of Fano in the Marche. He died and is buried in Loreto. ==Notes==