Pietro Baseggio
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Pietro Baseggio was a fourteenth century architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...

 and sculptor in Venice
Venice
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. In 1361, he was named superintendent of construction for the Doge's palace, and helped in construction along with Filippo Calendario
Filippo Calendario
Filippo Calendario was an architect, a designer of the 14th century Doge's Palace, Venice. He was executed for treason.-Design of Doge's Palace:...

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  • John Ruskin. Stones of Venice.
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