Nicolas de Pigage
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Nicolas de Pigage (* 3. August 1723 in Lunéville; † 30. Juli 1796 in Schwetzingen) was a french builder. His father was a chiseler. He began in 1743 to study at the École Militaire to change to the Académie Royale d'Architecture after only one year. His taskmaster was Jacques-François Blondel. Elector Carl Theodor ordered him to his court in Mannheim and in 1752 he became the Head-Building-Officer.
Under his supervision Schloss Benrath was build in the years 1755 to 1773 in Düsseldorf-Benrath. In the year 1762 he also became the Head-Garden-Officer of the gardens around the castle.
De Piage also contributed to the erection of the residency in Mannheim and of Schloss Schwetzingen. He also lead the construcion of the eastern wing of the Mannheimer Schloss.
He is also the architect of the Karlstor and of a mansion called Pflege Schönau.
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- Hans Leopold Zollner: Nicolas de Pigage. Sein Leben und Werk, in: Badische Heimat, Bd. 4, 1975. S. 115-127.
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