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Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (20 July 1656 – 5 April 1723) was an Austrian architect sculptor and architectural historian whose Baroque architecture profoundly influenced and shaped the tastes of the Habsburg Empire. His influential book A Plan of Civil and Historical Architecture (1721) was one of the first and most popular comparative studies of world architecture.

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birth date
1656-07-20
birth place
Graz
death date
1723-04-05
death place
Vienna
significant building
Schönbrunn Palace, Schloss Klessheim, Austrian National Library, Karlskirche

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