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Johann Balthasar Neumann (About this sound listen ; January 27 1687 – August 19 1753) usually known as Balthasar Neumann was a German military artillery engineer and architect who developed a refined brand of Baroque architecture fusing Austrian Bohemian Italian and French elements to design some of the most impressive buildings of the period including the Würzburg Residence and the Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers called Vierzehnheiligen in German.The Würzburg Residence is considered one of the most beautiful and well proportioned palaces in Europe and the Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers is considered by some as the crowning work of the period.
