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name: Vignola, Giacomo (Barozzi) da

pronunciation: [veenyohla]

sex: male
lived: (1507–73)

biography: Architect, born in Vignola, N Italy. He studied at Bologna, and became the leading Mannerist architect of his day in Rome. His designs include the Villa di Papa Giulio for Pope Julius III, and the Palazzo Farnese in Piacenza. He also designed the Church of the Gesú in Rome, which with its cruciform plan and side chapels had a great influence on French and Italian church architecture.