Marie-Joseph Peyre
French architect
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Marie-Joseph Peyre was a French architect active during the Neoclassical period. He is noted for his Livre d'architecture, published in 1765, which helped disseminate the architectural styles being developed by French students in Rome. Peyre, along with Charles de Wailly, was also the architect of the Odéon in Paris. His work contributed to the broader Neoclassical movement in France, which emphasized classical grandeur, simplicity, and rationalism, drawing inspiration from ancient Roman and Greek architecture.1
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