Giovanni Pietro Tencalla
*17. 11. 1629 – Bissone, Switzerland
†6. 3. 1702 – Bissone, Switzerland
Biography
Giovanni Pietro Tencalla was an Italian-Swiss architect, known in the Czech lands primarily for his work in Moravia for the bishops of Olomouc. From 1656 to 1692, he served as an imperial builder in Vienna. He initially worked as the right-hand man of the court builder Filiberto Lucchese. After Lucchese’s death, he succeeded him as the court builder.
Among his most important works is the extension of the Leopoldine wing of the Vienna Hofburg from 1672 to 1681, which had been damaged by fire. From 1685 to 1687, he prepared plans for the construction of today’s Lobkowicz Palace in Vienna for the imperial chief equerry Philipp Sigmund von Dietrichstein, which belongs to the oldest palatial buildings in Vienna; after its destruction in 1683, the Theresiana building was restored according to Tencalla’s plans (1687-1693). The Esterházy Palace on Vienna’s Wallner Street was also likely built according to his designs, but it lost its original Baroque appearance during the 18th and 19th centuries.
Giovanni Pietro Tencalla was an Italian-Swiss architect, known in the Czech lands primarily for his work in Moravia for the bishops of Olomouc. From 1656 to 1692, he served as an imperial builder in Vienna. He initially worked as the right-hand man of the court builder Filiberto Lucchese. After Lucchese’s death, he succeeded him as the court builder.
Among his most important works is the extension of the Leopoldine wing of the Vienna Hofburg from 1672 to 1681, which had been damaged by fire. From 1685 to 1687, he prepared plans for the construction of today’s Lobkowicz Palace in Vienna for the imperial chief equerry Philipp Sigmund von Dietrichstein, which belongs to the oldest palatial buildings in Vienna; after its destruction in 1683, the Theresiana building was restored according to Tencalla’s plans (1687-1693). The Esterházy Palace on Vienna’s Wallner Street was also likely built according to his designs, but it lost its original Baroque appearance during the 18th and 19th centuries.
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