Camillo-Guarino Guarini

Camillo-Guarino Guarini (1624 - 1683) was an Italian monk, writer and architect.

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1624 - 1683 - Italian - Monk - Architect

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He was born at Modena.

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He was at once a learned mathematician, professor of literature and philosophy at Messina, and, from the age of seventeen, was architect to Duke Philibert of Savoy.

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Mathematician - Messina - Philibert of Savoy

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He designed a very large number of public and private buildings at Turin, including the palaces of the duke of Savoy, the church of San Lorenzo (1666-1680); the chapel of the Santa Sindone (1668); the Palazzo Carignano (1679-85); and the Stupinigi royal hunting lodge (1676-84), and many public buildings at Modena, Messina, Verona, Vienna, Prague, Lisbon and Paris. He died at Milan.

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Turin - Duke of Savoy - San Lorenzo - Santa Sindone - Palazzo Carignano - Stupinigi - Modena - Messina - Verona - Vienna - Prague - Lisbon - Paris - Milan

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He appears to have been influenced by Borromini.

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