Luigi Vanvitelli

Luigi Vanvitelli, born Lodewijk van Wittel (May 12, 1700 – March 1, 1773) was an Italian engineer and architect. The most prominent 18th-century architect of Italy, he practised a sober classicizing academic Late Baroque style that made an easy transition to Neoclassicism.


Read more about Luigi Vanvitelli:  Biography, Reggia Di Caserta

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