Giovanni Pietro Tencalla

Giovanni Pietro Tencalla (* 17th November 1629 in Bissone , Ticino , † 6. March 1702 ) was an Italian - Swiss architect of the Baroque .

Career

From 1656 to 1692 he worked as an imperial builder and sculptor in Vienna . After Filiberto Lucchese's death , he succeeded him as court architect . Among the most important works by Giovanni Pietro Tencalla was the new building and the addition of the Leopoldine wing to the Vienna Hofburg between 1672 and 1681 after a fire. From 1685 to 1687 he built today's Palais Lobkowitz , one of the oldest palace buildings in Vienna, for the imperial master stable master Philipp Sigmund Graf von Dietrichstein . Also the Palais Esterházy he planned probably, but it lost much of its shape in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is also assumed that the Theresianum was rebuilt from 1687 to 1693 after the destruction in 1683 according to plans by Tencalla.

Works

Giovanni Pietro Tencalla received extensive commissions from the Olomouc bishops, for whom he built important buildings in Moravia , e.g. B .:

• Olomouc : Baroque transformation of St. Michaels Church (1673–1698; together with Domenico Martinelli )
• Kremsier : Architectural design of the flower garden ( Květná zahrada )
• Kroměříž Castle : Baroque reconstruction ( together with Filiberto Lucchese )
• Chropyně Castle : plans for baroque reconstruction
• Hradisko Monastery : Baroque renovation (1661–1750; together with Domenico Martinelli )
• Svatý Kopeček ( Heiligenberg ): Pilgrimage Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary (1669–1679)
• Velehrad Monastery : Baroque modification of the monastery church (1684–1689)
• Mírov : Maria Magdalena Church
• Příbor : Piarist College
• Altwasser : pilgrimage church St. Anna.

literature

• Marianne Mehling (Ed.): Knaur's cultural guide in color Czech Republic, Slovak Republic . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-426-26609-1 .
• Joachim Bahlcke , Winfried Eberhard, Miloslav Polívka (eds.): Handbook of historical places . Volume: Bohemia and Moravia (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 329). Kröner, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-520-32901-8 .
• Petr Fidler: “... he knows your: Kayserl. May: and already served the most praiseworthy house for 50 years and done great work ... “The architect Giovanni Pietro Tencalla (1629–1702) and his compatriots . In: Friedrich Polleroß (Ed.): Reiselust & Kunstgenuss. Baroque Bohemia, Moravia and Austria . Imhof, Petersberg 2004, ISBN 3-937251-39-1 , pp. 49-63.

Web links

• Entry on Giovanni Pietro Tencalla in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
• Giovanni Pietro Tencalla. In: arch INFORM .
• Giovanni Pietro Tencala at Artisti Italiani Austria
• Biography Giovanni Pietro Tencalla http://www.artistiticinesi-ineuropa.ch/deu/tencalla-gp-d-deu.html