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Philibert Delorme
b. Lyon, c. 1510;
d. Paris, 1570.
Philibert Delorme, a prolific and inventive designer of châteaux, fortifications and public buildings, who taught France the classical style - lucid, rational and regular. He was the son of a building contractor in Lyon and from the age of 15, while studying for the church, managed his father’s business [...]