Manuel Caetano de Sousa (1738–1802) was a Portuguese architect. He studied architecture under his father

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. He worked in the late

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style of architecture. On the death of

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he became architect to the royal family and was appointed architect in charge of public works and raised to the rank of an

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. His works included the church of the "Incarnation, of S. Domingos" and the

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. In his capacity as Royal architect he worked on various of the many royal palaces, most notably being responsible for the

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at Palace of Mafra and the east wing of the Palace of Queluz, which is today that part of the palace reserved for a visiting

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. He also designed the tower of the Royal Chapel. In 1795, to honour of the birth of Dom António, 4th Prince of Beira, de Sousa designed an amphitheatre for use as a bull ring constructed in the Praça do Comércio in

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References

Portugal - Amaral, Manuel. ''Dicionário Histórico''
Published by Edição em papel.1904-1915 João Romano Torres. Retrieved 11 December 2007 Portuguese architects 1738 births 1802 deaths 18th-century Portuguese people {{Portugal-architect-stub