Louis Montoyer
Louis Joseph Montoyer (* around 1749 in Mariemont , Austrian Netherlands , † June 5, 1811 in Vienna ) was an architect who had his main workplaces in Habsburg Brussels and Vienna.
Life
Louis Montoyer worked as an architect in Brussels from 1778 , where he built, among other things, the Royal Palace, the then seat of the Habsburg governor. In 1795 he came to Vienna with Duke Albert von Sachsen-Teschen , who had appointed him court architect in 1780. Here he first worked on the renovation of his palace, today's Albertina . At the Hofburg he established the connection between the Leopoldine wing and the old Hofburg with the construction of the ceremonial hall . Louis Montoyer built the Rasumofsky Palace for the then Russian ambassador, Prince Andreas Rasumofsky . In 1807 the architect was finally appointed court architect by Emperor Franz I. Louis Montoyer was buried in the Sankt Marxer Friedhof , where a memorial stone commemorates him.
Buildings in Belgium
- Orangery of the Schlossgarten Seneffe
- Royal Park Theater
Buildings in Austria
- Ceremonial hall of the Hofburg , 1801–1802
- Reconstruction of the Archduke Albrecht Palace ("Albertina"), 1801–1804
- Reconstruction of the Hofburg chapel , 1802
- Extension of the Churhaus, 1806
- Redesign of the Maltese Church , 1806–1808
- Rasumofsky Palace , 1806–1807
- Redoute Baden , 1801 (demolished in 1908)
Honors
The architect was made an honorary citizen of Vienna on September 25, 1805 .
Web links
- Entry on Louis Montoyer in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- Louis Montoyer. District Museum Landstrasse, archived from the original on December 5, 2013 ; accessed on January 5, 2018 .
- Louis Montoyer. In: Architects Lexicon Vienna 1770–1945. Published by the Architekturzentrum Wien . Vienna 2007.
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SURNAME | Montoyer, Louis |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Montoyer, Louis Joseph (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian architect |
DATE OF BIRTH | around 1749 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Mariemont , Austrian Netherlands |
DATE OF DEATH | June 5, 1811 |
Place of death | Vienna |