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church he had seen in Rome many years before. The new design however was much more costly than the king's original plan, and this led to a fierce rivalry between de Thurah and
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was published in 1746–1749, containing almost 400 drawings and measurements of buildings in
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De Thurah's masterpiece, the ornate, spiral-staircased spire on Our
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