Camille Remy Alexandre Gardelle (

Montauban Montauban (, ; oc, Montalban ) is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department, region of Occitania, Southern France. It is the capital of the department and lies north of Toulouse. Montauban is the most populated town in Tarn-et-Garonne, ...

, 31 July 1866 - 1947) was a French architect. Gardelle graduated from the

École des Beaux-Arts École des Beaux-Arts (; ) refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The term is associated with the Beaux-Arts style in architecture and city planning that thrived in France and other countries during the late nineteenth centur ...

. An exponent of Eclecticism, he built a notable work in Montevideo,

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

: *Palacio Pietracaprina, 1913, currently the Embassy of BrazilAu gré des jours en Uruguay - Architecte : Camille Gardelle
*refurbishing of Castillo Soneira, 1914 (original by Víctor Rabú) *

Palacio Piria The Piria Palace (Spanish: ''Palacio Piria'') is the headquarters of the Supreme Court of Uruguay. Located on the south side of the Plaza de Cagancha in Montevideo, on the Human Rights Passage, it was declared a National Historical Monument in ...

, originally a residence for

Francisco Piria Fernando Juan Santiago Francisco María Piria de Grossi (Montevideo, 21 August 1847 - 11 December 1933) was a Uruguayan inventor, alchemist, writer, politician and businessman of Italian descent. He was notable for establishing the city and sea ...

, nowadays headquarters of the Supreme Court of UruguayPalacio Piria
*Palacio Jackson, later known as Palacio Brasil *Electoral Court

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1866 births 1947 deaths People from Montauban École des Beaux-Arts alumni 20th-century French architects Uruguayan architects {{Uruguay-architect-stub