Franz Wilhelm Rabaliatti

Francesco (Franz Wilhelm) Rabaliatti (20 January 1716 – 1782) was a German architect and Court Builder to the

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Karl Theodor. Rabaliatti was born in Gameragna di Stella. His teacher was

Alessandro Galli da Bibiena The Galli–Bibiena family, or Galli da Bibiena (also spelled "Bibbiena"), was a family of Italian artists of the 17th and 18th centuries, including: "Ferdinando Galli Bibiena Online" (overview), John Malyon, ''Artcyclopedia'', 2005, Artcycl ...

. He made a substantial contribution to the planning and construction of the Mannheimer Schloss and with Bibiena he began the construction of the Jesuit Church at Mannheim Together with Johann Lacher between 1772 and 1774, he built the Mannheim Observatory (today: "The old observatory") for the

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and court astronomer

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. It is a classical five storied octagonal tower. Today it houses an artists studio. In

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he designed the " Carolinum " (

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), which was completed in 1765. The

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Jesuit Church was started in 1711 by

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and completed in 1759 by Rabaliatti. The tower was built between 1868 and 1872. Following the plans of Bibiena between 1750 and 1755, Rabaliatta, together with Guillaume d'Hauberat, built the southern circular buildings and the

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at Schwetzingen Schloss . In the town of

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he also built several houses, including his own home, and

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(the Deer Palace). In 1754/55 he built a

church in

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for a construction cost of 2580 Guilders, which was extensively restored between 1977 and 1980. In addition in 1756 he produced the drawings for the restoration of the gate tower of

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. In 1757 he planned the renovation of the local church in Pleisweiler (re-renovated in 1957). The first stone bridge over the

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was designed by him in 1764, and he led the 1763 rebuilding of the former

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at as a Catholic church. Rabaliatti and

Nicolas de Pigage Nicolas de Pigage (3 August 1723 – 30 July 1796) was a French builder. Pigage was born in Lunéville. His father was a stonemason. In 1743 he began his studies at the École Militaire, changing to the Académie Royale d'Architecture aft ...

conducted many joint projects but were also competitors. {{DEFAULTSORT:Rabaliatti, Franz Wilhelm 1716 births 1782 deaths 18th-century German architects People from Savona