French Embassy - Vienna, Austria
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N 48° 11.920 E 016° 22.485
33U E 602154 N 5339295
The French embassy in Vienna was designed by Georges Chedanne, famous as the architect of the Galeries Layfayette department store, and the Elysee Palace in Paris.
Waymark Code: WMJ3XR
Location: Wien, Austria
Date Posted: 09/19/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Team Farkle 7
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The building was built to glorify the relationship between France and the great Austro-Hungarian empire of the beginning of the 20th century and to assert the influence and power of the French republic.

Construction began in 1904. Chedanne surrounded himself with the most representative artists of Art Nouveau : Hippolyte Lefèbvre, Binet, Dubois, Vernon, Gasq, Sicard.
Style: Art Nouveau

Structure Type: Government

Architect: Georges Chedanne

Date Built: 1904

Supporting references: Not listed

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