Benedetto Giovannelli (also Benedetto Giovannelli Orlandi) (1602–1676 CE) was an

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from

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. In 1660 he was commissioned by

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) to build a new

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for the church of San Raimondo, which is in three classicist-style superimposed orders. He was one of a group of architects (the others being

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, Flaminio del Turco, Giovanni Fontana) who produced buildings marked by a harmonious, measured style.

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17th-century Italian architects Italian Baroque architects Architects from Siena 1602 births 1676 deaths {{Italy-architect-stub