Louis Le Vau
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| Louis Le Vau | |
 Louis Le Vau, by Pierre RABON |
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| Born | 1612 Paris |
| Died | 1670 Paris |
| Field | Architecture |
Louis Le Vau (1612 – 11 October 1670) was a French Classical architect who worked for Louis XIV of France.[1] He was born and died in Paris.
He was responsible, with André Le Nôtre and Charles Le Brun, for the redesign of the château of Vaux-le-Vicomte. His later works included the Palace of Versailles and his collaboration with Claude Perrault on the Louvre. Le Vau also designed two mirroring additions across the Parterre to the evergrowing Château de Vincennes, the Château du Raincy, the Collège des Quatre-Nations (now housing the Institut de France), the church of St. Sulpice, and Hôtel Lambert, on the Île Saint-Louis, Paris.
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"Louis Levau". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Louis_Levau.
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