Matteo Pertsch (; 1769–1834) was an Austrian classical
architect
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best known for designing a number of structures in
Trieste
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built in the early decades of the 19th century.
He was born in
Buchhorn
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(now
Friedrichshafen, Germany) to a family of
German
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origin. In 1790 he went to
Milan
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to study in the
Brera Academy of Fine Arts. While there, he was a student of celebrated Italian architect
Giuseppe Piermarini
Giuseppe Piermarini (; 18 July 1734 – 18 February 1808) was an Italian architect who trained with Luigi Vanvitelli in Rome and designed the Teatro alla Scala in Milan (1776–78), which remains the work by which he is remembered. Indeed, "il P ...
.
Pertsch married Maddalena Vogel in 1802, who gave him three daughters and four sons. Three of the four sons continued in their father's craft as architects.
Notable buildings
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Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi
The Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi is an opera house located in Trieste, Italy and named after the composer Giuseppe Verdi. Privately constructed, it was inaugurated as the Teatro Nuovo to replace the smaller 800-seat "Cesareo Regio Teatro di San P ...
(1798–1801)
*Palazzo Carciotti (1802–1805)
*Rotonda Pancera (1818)
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Greek Orthodox Church of San Nicolò dei Greci (1819–1820)
Gallery
Image:Trieste Greek-orthodox church of San Nicolò.jpg,
Image:SanNicola 1.jpg, Greek-orthodox church of San Nicolò in Trieste
Image:Trieste, Teatro Verdi (2005).jpg,
Image:Teatro Verdi.JPG,
Image:TeatroVerdi.jpg,
Image:Trieste Palazzo Carciotti(2005).jpg,
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1769 births
1834 deaths
18th-century Austrian architects
19th-century Austrian architects
Austrian people of German descent
People from Friedrichshafen
Architects from Trieste
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