Busiri Vici was 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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. 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 ...

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

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. On the Italian side,

Andrea Vici Andrea Vici (1743–1817) was an Italian architect and engineer, active in a Neoclassical style. He was a pupil of Luigi Vanvitelli, and active in the Papal States comprising parts of Lazio, Umbria, and Marche. Biography Andrea was born in Ar ...

(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 Beausire's descendant Giulio Cesare Busiri (1792–1818) in 1815, joining the two families as Busiri Vici. Noted members of the family include Andrea Busiri Vici (1818–1911); Clemente Busiri Vici (1887–1965), who designed churches for

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such Gran Madre di Dio and San Roberto Bellarmino, both in Rome; Clemente's brother Michele Busiri Vici (1894–1981) worked in

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, Sardinia; 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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