Andrea Busiri Vici (7 January 1818 – 12 November 1911) was a significant papal architect in Rome. He was descended from a long-flourishing dynasty of French-Italian architects formed by the union of the French Beausire family with the Vici family of

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Family

The progenitor of the French side of the dynasty was

Jean Beausire Jean Beausire (26 February 1651 - 20 March 1743) was an architect, engineer and fountain-maker and the chief of public works in Paris for King Louis XIV of France and King Louis XV of France between 1684 and 1740, and was the architect of all t ...

(1651–1743), whose descendants thrived as architects under the

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. On the Italian side, Andrea Vici (1743–1817) was a second-generation architect who gained regard for his work under

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on the

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and later gained Vatican patronage. Andrea's daughter Barbara Vici married Beaurire's descendant Giulio Cesare Busiri (1792–1818) in 1815, joining the two families as Busiri Vici. Noted members of the family include Clemente Busiri Vici (1887–1965), who designed churches for

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such

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and San Roberto Bellarmino, both in Rome. Clemente's brother Michele Busiri Vici (1894–1981) worked on

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. Another brother, Andrea Busiri Vici (1903–1989) was a celebrated architect, art critic and scholar who worked with his brother Clemente on San Roberto Bellarmino.

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19th-century Italian architects Italian families 1818 births 1911 deaths Architects from Rome {{Italy-architect-stub