Pietro Nobile
Illustration — Peter Nobile Pietro Nobile (born in Campestro (Capriasca), Switzerland, 11 November 1774Vienna, Austria, 7 November 1854) was a Neoclassicist architect and builder. He is regarded as one of the most prominent architects of the late classicism in Vienna, and the leading architect of the Habsburg court. His father moved the family to Trieste where the young Pietro attended school.
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Pietro Nobile

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- Born
- 1776 · Campestro.
- Died
- 1854 · Vienna.
- Nationality
- Canton of Ticino
- Occupation
- architect · general contractor
- Fields
- architecture · civil engineering
- Education
- Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
- Known for
- Äußeres Burgtor
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Peter Nobile Pietro Nobile (born in Campestro (Capriasca), Switzerland, 11 November 1774Vienna, Austria, 7 November 1854) was a Neoclassicist architect and builder. He is regarded as one of the most prominent architects of the late classicism in Vienna, and the leading architect of the Habsburg court. His father moved the family to Trieste where the young Pietro attended school.
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He continued to be educated in Rome by Antonio Canova between 1801 and 1806. In 1807, he was appointed engineer office for construction in charge of Trieste, Istria, Aquileia and Gorizia. In 1810, he was officially appointed chief engineer for construction of bridges and roads in the Illyrian coast in Istria. He designed the coastal road from Koper to Pula, made new plans, sketches and drawings of monuments such as the Pula Arena, the Temple of Augustus and the Arch of the Sergii. He also designed St. Peter's Church standing on Tartini Square in Piran, Slovenia and Sant'Antonio Taumaturgo, Trieste. For the protection of monuments in Pula he did more than anyone else before him. In 1819, he became head of the department of architecture at the Vienna Academy. His grave is located in Vienna's Zentralfriedhof (section 14 A, No. 46 A), transferred from St. In 1894, Vienna Penzing (14th District) and Rudolf Fünfhaus (15th District), and the Nobilegasse were named after him.
Pietro Nobile studied at Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Eduard van der Nüll, August Sicard von Sicardsburg and Ludwig Förster are recorded as having studied under Pietro Nobile. The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is architecture and civil engineering. Places of work recorded in the authority are Austrian Empire, Trieste and Vienna. Positions recorded include court painter. Works named in the authority record are Äußeres Burgtor.

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Text: Errichtet 1824 Zur Erinnerung an die Völkerschlacht bei Leipzig. Nach dem Entwurf von Peter von Nobile. 16.-19.Oktober 1813 Völkerschlacht bei Leipzig. Sieg der Koalition über napoleonisches Heer. Rückzug Napoleons über den Rhein. Über 100 000 Tote und Verwundete.
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1776
Pietro Nobile born at Campestro.
1801
Russian monument to the 1813 Battle of Priesten is dated 1801.
1820
Cortisches Kaffeehaus is dated 1820.
1820
Temple of Theseus is dated 1820.
1825
Sant'Antonio Taumaturgo, Trieste is dated 1825.
1854
Pietro Nobile died at Vienna.
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