Matteo Ripa

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Matteo Ripa

Jesuit missionary

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Chinese architecture
The Qing dynasty (1644–1911/12)
…made by the Jesuit father Matteo Ripa in 1712–13 and taken by him to London in 1724 are thought to have influenced the revolution in garden design that began in Europe at about this time. Near the Zhengde palace were built several imposing Buddhist temples in a mixed Sino-Tibetan style…
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…made by the Jesuit father Matteo Ripa in 1712–13 and taken by him to London in 1724 are thought to have influenced the revolution in garden design that began in Europe at about this time. Near the Zhengde palace were built several imposing Buddhist temples in a mixed Sino-Tibetan style…
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