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Born May 23, 1654 • Nyköping • Sweden
Died April 10, 1728 (aged 73) • Stockholm • Sweden
Movement / Style Baroque art and architecture

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Giacomo della Porta
Italian architect
Staircase of the Royal Palace, Caserta, Italy, by Luigi Vanvitelli, 1752
Luigi Vanvitelli
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House in the Wood
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Drottningholm palace
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