Nicolò Pacassi
Italian-Austrian architect
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Nicolò Pacassi (5 March 1716 – 11 November 1790), also known as Nikolaus Pacassi , was an Italian - Austrian architect. [1] He was born in Wiener Neustadt in Lower Austria in a family of merchants from Gorizia . In 1753, he was appointed court architect to Maria Theresa of Austria . He was commissioned many works throughout the Austrian Empire , mainly in Vienna , Prague , Innsbruck , Buda and his native Gorizia and Gradisca . He died in Vienna.
Works
- 1743 extension of Schloss Hetzendorf
- 1745–47 extension of Schönbrunn Palace including Schlosstheater Schönbrunn [2]
- 1749–58 Buda Castle
- 1753–54 extension of Spanish Hall of Prague Castle
- 1753–75 Royal Palace of Prague Castle
- 1761–63 Rebuilt the Theater am Kärntnertor , Vienna ( illustration )
- 1770 Reconstruction of Prague's cathedral St Vitus' tower
- 1766 Extension of Ballhausplatz
- Palazzo Attems Petzenstein in Gorizia
- 1784 Josephinum - designed as the Academy for Military Surgeons, sponsored by Emperor Joseph II [3]
References
- ↑ Biographie, Deutsche. "Pacassi, Nikolaus Freiherr von - Deutsche Biographie" . www.deutsche-biographie.de (in German) . Retrieved 2022-05-11 .
- ↑ Fez-Barringten, Barie (2011-02-01). "An architectural history of metaphors" . AI & Society . 26 (1): 103–111. doi : 10.1007/s00146-010-0280-8 . ISSN 1435-5655 . S2CID 942603 .
- ↑ Rüdiger, Julia; Schweizer, Dieter (2015-03-13). Sites of Knowledge: The University of Vienna and Its Buildings: A History 1365 - 2015 . Böhlau Verlag Wien. pp. 107–108. ISBN 978-3-205-79662-6 .
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