Anton Pius Riegel or Rigel ( la, Antonius Pius de Riegel; 1789 - ?) was an

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

of the 19th century. Anton (or Antonius) is mainly known for the design of the Károlyi palais in

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...

(now housing the Petőfi Museum of Literature - Petőfi Irodalmi Múzeum) and of the mansion of

Dolná Krupá Dolná Krupá (german: Unterkrupa; hu, Alsókorompa) is a village and municipality of Trnava District in the Trnava region of Slovakia. It is located in the Danubian Hills at around 12 km from the city of Trnava Trnava (, german: Tyrnau; ...

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

, though he was replaced as the master architect in 1883 by Henrich Koch. Based on letters to Jozef Brunswick, the grandson of Marie Henrieta Chotek), Riegel possibly designed the plans for the modernization of the Dolná Krupá manor house in 1813.https://web.archive.org/web/20070918214630/http://www.dejum.sav.sk/RES/krupa.htm

References

1789 births Year of death unknown Architects from the Austrian Empire {{Austria-architect-stub