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Guarino Guarini

1624–1683 · 17th century

Guarino Guarini was an Italian architect, mathematician and Theatine priest from Modena who worked in Turin for the dukes of Savoy from 1666. His daring designs, based on complex geometry, include the Chapel of the Holy Shroud with its cone of stacked arches, the church of San Lorenzo and the Palazzo Carignano. His treatise Architettura civile was published in 1737.

Guarino Guarini
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