Nicholas of Pacassi

Nikolaus von Pacassi (portrait in the Rosenberg Palace, Prague )

Nikolaus Franz Leonhard von Pacassi (born March 5, 1716 in Wiener Neustadt , † November 11, 1790 in Vienna ; also Nicolò Pacassi , or Paccassi ) was an Austrian - Italian architect of the Baroque and Early Classicism .

Life

In 1753, Nikolaus Pacassi succeeded Jean Nicolas Jadot de Ville-Issey as head of the court building department. All major construction projects also have to do with the imperial court. These include, above all, the renovation of Schönbrunn Palace and the planning of the Redoutensaal wing in the Vienna Hofburg , as well as the new construction and baroque design of parts of Prague Castle . In October 1772 he resigned from the court building department at his own request and was then only active as a consultant until his death. In addition to his work as an architect, he was also a professor at the Accademia di San Luca in Rome from 1756 .

In 1764 Pacassi was knighted and in 1769 as a baron.

In 1922 Pacassistraße in Vienna- Hietzing was named after him , and in 2017 the asteroid (22383) Nicolauspacassi .

Works

• 1743–1749 General renovation of Schönbrunn Palace , complete change in the room layout, construction of the Schönbrunn Palace Theater
• 1743 Hetzendorf Castle is converted into a widow's residence for Empress Elisabeth Christine
• 1753 conversion of the (new) Favorita to the Theresianum
• 1753 Theater in the Blauer Hof in Laxenburg Castle
• 1754 Guard Church on Rennweg in Vienna- Landstrasse , former church of the Imperial Hospital and later the Leibgardekaserne
• 1756–1759 construction of the Theresienkirche in Nadelburg
• 1760 Redesign of the redouten hall of the Hofburg and repair of the court library . The plans for the wing buildings of the court library at the Redoutensaal and the Augustinian Church , which make up the Josephsplatz , are also related to this . These buildings were continued by his successor Franz Anton Hillebrandt .
• 1761 New construction of the dining room wing in the Blauer Hof in Laxenburg Castle
• 1765–1770 Choir additions to the Laxenburg parish church
• around 1765 Expansion of Niederweiden Castle
• 1767 Conversion of the Austrian Court Chancellery on Ballhausplatz , today the seat of the Austrian Chancellor

Episcopal residence in Klagenfurt

• 1769–1776 Palais of Archduchess Marianne, today episcopal residence in Klagenfurt .
• 1769–1777 Extensions and conversions of the Theresian Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt (together with Josef Gerl )
• 1775 Completion of the new buildings and baroque modifications begun in 1753 on Prague Castle .

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Pacassi, Nikolaus (in the son's article) . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 21st part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1870, pp. 160–162 ( digitized version ).
• Peter Prange:  Pacassi, Nikolaus Franz Leonhard Freiherr von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-428-00200-8 , pp. 743 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Dehio Lower Austria south of the Danube . Horn, Vienna 2003.

Web links

Commons : Nikolaus von Pacassi  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry on Nikolaus von Pacassi in the database of the state's memory of the history of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
• Nikolaus Pacassi. In: Architects Lexicon Vienna 1770–1945. Published by the Architekturzentrum Wien . Vienna 2007.
• Nikolaus von Pacassi in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna