Nicolò Pacassi

Pacassi's reconstructed Kärntnertortheater as it looked ca. 1830

Nicolò Pacassi (5 March 1716 – 11 November 1790), also known as Nikolaus Pacassi, was an Italian-Austrian architect. 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
extension of Schönbrunn Palace
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

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 50073270 LCCN: nr98030625 ISNI: 0000 0000 6682 6850 GND: 121091007 ULAN: 500018229 ICCU: IT\ICCU\CFIV\167815

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