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Pichl, Alois auch LuigiPichl, Alois (also Luigi), b. Milan (Italy), 1782, d. Vienna, May 19, 1856, architect. Important representative of Romanticism; in a usually cubic style, often tending towards a massive heaviness, created buildings inspired by both classicist and neo-Gothic elements for members of the Habsburg family and the high nobility mainly in Northern Italy, Vienna and Hungary. Works: Vienna: reconstruction of the Modena palace (now Ministry of the Interior), 1814; Arthaber-Wertheimstein Villa, 1835; building of the "Erste österreichische Spar-Casse" (Erste Bank), 1835; extension of the "Niederösterreichisches Landhaus", 1848. - Palaces: Kistapolcány (Topol´cianky, Slovekia), 1825; Nagygróc (Vel´ke Uhercé, Slovekia). - Parish churches: Enying (Hungary), 1841; Jolsva (Jelsava, Slovakia), 1849. Literature: J. Sisa, A. P. (1782-1856) építész Magyarországon, 1989; ÖBL.
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