Gaetano Chiaveri ( in Rome – 5 March 1770) was an
Italian
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architect and master builder, most notable for his work as part of the second phase of the Dresden
Baroque
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. His works include the
Cathedral
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in
Dresden
Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth larg ...
and a new wing of the
Royal Castle in
Warsaw
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. In the
Russian Empire
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, he oversaw the construction of the
Kadriorg Palace
Kadriorg Palace ( et, Kadrioru loss, german: Schloss Katharinental) is an 18th-century Petrine Baroque palace in Kadriorg, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. Both the Estonian and the German name for the palace means "Catherine's valley". It was ...
to
Nicola Michetti
Nicola Michetti, also known as Niccolo or Niccolò (circa 7 December 1675 in Venice – 12 November 1758 in Rome) was an Italian architect, active in a late- Baroque style in mostly Rome, Italy and St Petersburg, Russia.
While born in Venice, ...
's designs.
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1689 births
1770 deaths
Italian Baroque architects
18th-century Italian architects
German Baroque architects
Polish Baroque architects
Russian Baroque architects
Architects from Rome