Mateus Vicente de Oliveira, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Portuguese architect
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Place of Birth: Kingdom of Portugal, Portugal
About Mateus Vicente de Oliveira
- Mateus Vicente de Oliveira (1706–1786) was a Portuguese architect.
- He studied under the architects João Frederico Ludovice and Jean Baptiste Robillon during the construction of the royal palace at Mafra - Portugal's attempt to rival the Spanish king's palace at Escorial. Oliveira worked chiefly in the late Baroque and rococo styles of architecture.
- While he is best remembered for his design of the Palace of Queluz, on which he worked from 1742 to 1758, he also worked on many other projects.
- In 1779 he began work on the BasÃlica da Estrela in Lisbon; this church was incomplete at the time of de Oliveira's death and work continued under the direction of Reinaldo Manuel.
- While Manuel was responsible for much of the classical detail of the church's exterior, the blueprint of the church is credited to de Oliveira.
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