Pietro Baseggio

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Pietro Baseggio was a fourteenth-century architect and sculptor in Venice. In 1361, he was named superintendent of construction for the Doge's palace, and helped in construction along with Filippo Calendario.

Architect person trained to plan and design buildings, and oversee their construction

An architect is a person who plans, designs and reviews the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that have human occupancy or use as their principal purpose. Etymologically, architect derives from the Latin architectus, which derives from the Greek, i.e., chief builder.

Venice Comune in Veneto, Italy

Venice is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is situated on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. The islands are located in the shallow Venetian Lagoon, an enclosed bay that lies between the mouths of the Po and the Piave rivers. In 2018, 260,897 people resided in the Comune di Venezia, of whom around 55,000 live in the historical city of Venice. Together with Padua and Treviso, the city is included in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area (PATREVE), which is considered a statistical metropolitan area, with a total population of 2.6 million.

Filippo Calendario Italian architect

Filippo Calendario was an architect, a designer of the 14th century Doge's Palace, Venice. He was executed for treason.

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Republic of Venice Former state in Northeastern Italy

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Agnello Participazio Doge of Venice

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