Daten zu Leben und Werk des Pariser Architekten Charles Moreau zwischen 1803 und 1813

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Summary The present paper must be interpreted as a sequel of the work “Daten zu Leben und Werk des Pariser Architekten Charles Moreau zwischen 1760 und 1803”published in the Osterreichische Zeitschrift fur Kunst- und Denkmalpflege, Heft 4, 2001. This essay was finished when Moreau came to Vienna in the company of Prince Nikolaus II Esterhazy at the end of 1803. The prince engaged the architect in Paris to lead the future works for the renewal of the family residence at Eisenstadt forming part of Hungary at this time. Moreau was quatered in the “Rothen Haus”which was situated in the Viennese suburb Alsergrund. In 1794 Prince Nikolaus II Esterhazy became owner of the big family estates in the kingdom of Hungary. Shortly after his installation he engaged the French architect Jean-Francois Thomas de Thomon. He was responsible for the redesign of the garden of Nikolaus II in the Viennese suburb Landstrase, which was finished already in 1795. Surprisingly Thomas de Thomon quit his contract at the beginning of 1...