Franz Martinelli or was an Austria

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Architect

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 born in Italy

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Franz Martinelli participated in the construction of the Peterskirche

Peterskirche, Vienna

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 in Vienna

Vienna

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. In 1684 he was in charge of the restoration work of the Servitenkirche

Servitenkirche

The Servite Church is a church in Vienna, Austria.- History :On September 16, 1638, Emperor Ferdinand III allowed the Servite Order to found a monastery in Vienna....

 in Vienna

Vienna

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. In 1687 he also participated in the construction of the Heiligenkreuz Abbey

Heiligenkreuz Abbey

Heiligenkreuz Abbey is a Cistercian monastery in the village of Heiligenkreuz in the southern part of the Vienna woods, c. 13 km north-west of Baden in Lower Austria...

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His most important work is the Palais Esterházy

Palais Esterházy

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 on Wallnerstraße in Vienna, which he first renovated in 1685 and thereafter completely rebuilt, finishing the work in 1695.

He also designed the Franciscan

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 in Frauenkirchen

Frauenkirchen

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, Hungary. Both the ground-plan and the main façade

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 of his building on seventeenth-century Jesuit churches.

Embellishment of Uherčice (Břeclav) castle transforming it in a baroque style under the aegis of Donat John Count Heissler of Heitersheim

Heissler of Heitersheim (Donat John Count)

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He is the father of architects Anton Erhard Martinelli

Anton Erhard Martinelli

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 and Johann Baptist Martinelli

Johann Baptist Martinelli

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Franz Martinelli died in Vienna on October 28, 1708.