Saving Michelangelo's dome: how three mathematicians and a pope sparked an architectural revolution
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Architects
Architects -- Italy
Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano
Benedict
Benedict -- XIV, -- Pope, -- 1675-1758
Buildings, structures, etc
Church architecture
Church architecture -- Vatican City
Design and construction
Domes
Domes -- Vatican City -- Design and construction
Fuga, Ferdinando
Fuga, Ferdinando, -- 1699-1782
History
Mathematicians
Mathematicians -- Italy
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Michelangelo Buonarroti, -- 1475-1564
Poleni, Giovanni
Poleni, Giovanni, -- 1683-1761
Salvi, Nicola
Structural engineering
Structural engineering -- History
Vanvitelli, Luigi
Vanvitelli, Luigi, -- 1700-1773
Vatican City -- Buildings, structures, etc
Architects -- Italy
Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano
Benedict
Benedict -- XIV, -- Pope, -- 1675-1758
Buildings, structures, etc
Church architecture
Church architecture -- Vatican City
Design and construction
Domes
Domes -- Vatican City -- Design and construction
Fuga, Ferdinando
Fuga, Ferdinando, -- 1699-1782
History
Mathematicians
Mathematicians -- Italy
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Michelangelo Buonarroti, -- 1475-1564
Poleni, Giovanni
Poleni, Giovanni, -- 1683-1761
Salvi, Nicola
Structural engineering
Structural engineering -- History
Vanvitelli, Luigi
Vanvitelli, Luigi, -- 1700-1773
Vatican City -- Buildings, structures, etc