Antonio Maria Nicolao Beduzzi (1675 – 4 March 1735) was an Italian theater engineer, painter, and architect who flourished in Vienna at the turn of the 17th century. He was born in

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in 1675. He succeeded Burnacini as the theatre architect at the

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in Vienna in 1708. Among his better known designs are: * The interior of

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for

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reconstruction * Leopoldsberg church on

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above

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, near Vienna * The cathedral museum of

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* Vienna's ''

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'' (the site now occupied by

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) * The

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s of the ''Landhaussaal'' in the Viennese

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* The in Linz. Beduzzi died in Vienna in 1735.

Gallery

File:Maria Taferl Basilika Langhausfresko 01.JPG, ''Glorification of

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,'' ceiling fresco in the nave of Maria Taferl Basilica File:Maria Taferl Basilika Kuppelfresko 01.JPG, ''Life and Assumption of Mary'' File:Maria Taferl Fresko - Kuppel 7 Darbringung.jpg, ''Presentation of Christ in the Temple'' File:Maria Taferl Fresko - Langhaus 1 Apotheose Josef.jpg, ''Apotheosis of Saint Joseph'' File:Maria Taferl Fresko - Kuppel 8 Flucht nach Ägypten.jpg, ''Flight into Egypt'' File:Maria Taferl Fresko - Kuppel 2 Marienkrönung.jpg, ''Coronation of Mary'' File:Maria Taferl Fresko - Maria Immaculata.jpg, ''The Immaculate Mary'' File:Maria Taferl Fresko - Arma Christi 1.jpg, ''Angels with Veil of Veronica and Crown of Thorns'' File:Maria Taferl.Wallfahrtsbasilika03.jpg, ''Ascension of Joseph to Heaven'' File:Maria Taferl.Wallfahrtsbasilika21.jpg, Corporeal Ascension of Mary into Heaven

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