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Luigi Vanvitelli (Italian pronunciation: [luˈiːdʒi vaɱviˈtɛlli]; 12 May 1700 – 1 March 1773), known in Dutch as Lodewijk van Wittel (IPA: [ˈloːdəʋɛik fɑɱ ˈʋɪtəl]), was an Italian architect and painter.
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May 22, 2024 · Luigi Vanvitelli was an Italian architect whose enormous Royal Palace at Caserta (1752–74) was one of the last triumphs of the Italian Baroque. Vanvitelli was trained by Niccolò Salvi and worked with him on lengthening the facade of Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s Palazzo Chigi (1664–1745, Rome).
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Luigi Vanvitelli (Naples, 1700 – Caserta, 1773) was an architect, engineer, scenographer and italian painter. Born from by famous landscape artist Gaspar van Wittel, he soon became popular due to his outstanding artistic talents, so as to immediately receive the praises by Filippo Juvarra, one of the main baroque architects.
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Neapolitan architect of Dutch descent. He came to public attention with his entry for the competition to design a new façade for San Giovanni in Laterano, Rome (1732), won by Galilei.
Created by Luigi Vanvitelli, the Royal Palace of Caserta is the symbolic work of the Bourbons of Naples and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
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Learn about the 18th-century monumental complex of Caserta, created by the architect Luigi Vanvitelli for the Bourbon king Charles III. Explore the palace, park, gardens, aqueduct and silk factory that express the Enlightenment spirit and values.
