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Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach
Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach was an Austrian architect, the leading master of Habsburg Baroque. Trained in Rome, he worked for the imperial court in Vienna, designing the Karlskirche, the Court Library in the Hofburg and the first plans for Schönbrunn Palace, as well as churches in Salzburg. His Outline of Historical Architecture of 1721 was one of the first comparative histories of world architecture.
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