Rococo and Late Baroque Century Architecture
The most original work of all late Baroque and Rococo architecture is the Palazzina di caccia di Stupinigi (Hunting Lodge of Stupinigi), dating back to 18th century. Featuring a highly articulated plant based upon a Saint Andrew's Cross, it was designed by Filippo Juvarra, who also built the Basilica di Superga, near Turin.
In the same period, in Veneto there was a rapprochement with the Palladian themes, evident in Villa Pisani at Stra (1721) and San Simeone Piccolo church in Venice (completed in 1738).
In Rome, the last chapter of the Baroque season has its most significant achievements in some major urban improvements like the Spanish Steps and the Trevi Fountain, while the façade of San Giovanni in Laterano by Alessandro Galilei, has more austere, classical traits.
In the Kingdom of Naples, the architect Luigi Vanvitelli began in 1752 the construction of the Palace of Caserta. In this large complex, the grandiose Baroque style interiors and gardens are opposed to a more sober building envelope, which seems to anticipate the motifs of Neoclassicism. The gigantic size of the palace is echoed by the Albergo Reale dei Poveri (Royal Hospice for the Poor) in Naples, built in the same years by Ferdinando Fuga.
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