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Born May 26, 1700 • Naples • Italy
Died March 1, 1773 (aged 72) • Caserta • near Naples • Italy
Movement / Style Baroque art and architecture

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Staircase of the Royal Palace, Caserta, Italy, by Luigi Vanvitelli, 1752
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