Anton Pius Riegel or Rigel (; 1789 - ?) was an

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of the 19th century. Anton (or Antonius) is mainly known for the design of the

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(now housing the Petőfi Museum of Literature - Petőfi Irodalmi Múzeum) and of the mansion of

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, though he was replaced as the master architect in 1883 by Henrich Koch. Based on letters to Jozef Brunswick, the grandson of

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), Riegel possibly designed the plans for the modernization of the Dolná Krupá manor house in 1813.

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