Antonio Beduzzi
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Antonio Maria Nicolao Beduzzi (1675–1735) was an Austrian
-Italian
theater engineer, painter, and architect who flourished in Vienna at the turn of the 17th century.
He was born in Bologna
. He succeeded Burnacini as the theatre architect at the Court
in Vienna in 1708. Among his better known designs are:
Beduzzi died in Vienna in 1735.
Austrians
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-Italian
Italy
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theater engineer, painter, and architect who flourished in Vienna at the turn of the 17th century.
He was born in Bologna
Bologna
Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...
. He succeeded Burnacini as the theatre architect at the Court
Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire was a realm that existed from 962 to 1806 in Central Europe.It was ruled by the Holy Roman Emperor. Its character changed during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, when the power of the emperor gradually weakened in favour of the princes...
in Vienna in 1708. Among his better known designs are:
- The interior of Melk AbbeyMelk AbbeyMelk Abbey or Stift Melk is an Austrian Benedictine abbey, and one of the world's most famous monastic sites. It is located above the town of Melk on a rocky outcrop overlooking the river Danube in Lower Austria, adjoining the Wachau valley....
for Jakob PrandtauerJakob PrandtauerJakob Prandtauer was an Austrian Baroque architect....
's baroqueBaroqueThe Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
reconstruction - St. Leopold's Church on LeopoldsbergLeopoldsbergThe Leopoldsberg is perhaps Vienna’s most famous overlook, towering over the Danube and the city. Leopoldberg’s most prominent landmark is the church which stands at the top, and which is clearly visible from Vienna below...
above KlosterneuburgKlosterneuburgKlosterneuburg is an attractive small town in Lower Austria, Austria with a population of 24,442.It is located on the Danube, immediately north of Vienna, from which it is separated by the Kahlenberg and Leopoldsberg hills...
, near Vienna - The cathedral museum of PassauPassauPassau is a town in Lower Bavaria, Germany. It is also known as the Dreiflüssestadt or "City of Three Rivers," because the Danube is joined at Passau by the Inn from the south and the Ilz from the north....
- Vienna's Theater am KärntnertorTheater am KärntnertorTheater am Kärntnertor or Kärntnertortheater was a prestigious theatre in Vienna during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries...
(the site now occupied by Hotel SacherHotel SacherThe Hotel Sacher is a five-star hotel in the Innenstadt district of Vienna, Austria, next to the Staatsoper. It is famous for the specialty of the house, the Sachertorte, a chocolate cake with apricot filling. There is also an art gallery in the hotel with works from the 19th century...
) - The frescoFrescoFresco is any of several related mural painting types, executed on plaster on walls or ceilings. The word fresco comes from the Greek word affresca which derives from the Latin word for "fresh". Frescoes first developed in the ancient world and continued to be popular through the Renaissance...
s of the Landhaussaal in the Viennese Palais NiederösterreichPalais NiederösterreichPalais Niederösterreich, historically known as the Niederösterreichisches Landeshaus , is a historical building in Vienna....
Beduzzi died in Vienna in 1735.