Giovanni Antonio Viscardi

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Giovanni Antonio Viscardi (27 December 1645 – 9 September 1713) was a Swiss architect of the baroque, who worked mostly in Bavaria.

Giovanni Antonio Viscardi
Born	December 27, 1645 San Vittore, Grisons, Switzerland
Died	September 9, 1713(1713-09-09) (aged 67) Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire
Nationality	Swiss
Occupation	Architect

Biography

Giovanni Antonio Viscardi was born in

He started his career as a Superintendent to Enrico Zuccalli before 1675; in 1678 he was appointed master mason and in 1685 chief architect. Dismissed in 1689, Viscardi worked as an independent architect until he became Zuccalli's successor as chief architect of the Bavarian court in 1706 with the Austrian occupation of Bavaria; he died, aged 67, in Munich, while still in office.^[2]

Chief works

• Mariahilfkirche at Freystadt Abbey (1700–08)
• New church of St. Mary of Fürstenfeld Abbey (1701-?) (completed in 1747).)^[2]
• Schäftlarn Abbey^{[citation needed]}
• Expansion of Benediktbeuern Abbey^{[citation needed]}
• Expansion of the Palace of Nymphenburg (1702 - )
• Bürgersaal
  in Munich (1709/1710)
• Dreifaltigkeitskirche in Munich (1711–1714).)^[2]