French Embassy - Vienna, Austria
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
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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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