Burnacini, Lodovico Ottavio

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Burnacini, Lodovico Ottavio (1636–1707). Designer (assisted by Fischer von Erlach) of the Dreifaltigkeitssäule (Trinity Column) in the Graben, Vienna (erected 1687–93), a Baroque monument showing the vanquishing of the Plague. He was Architect to the Imperial Court, but most of his work was as a theatrical designer and an engineer.

Bibliography

H. Aurenhammer (1973);
Jane Turner (1996)