Camille Remy Alexandre Gardelle (
Montauban
Montauban (, ; oc, Montalban ) is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department, region of Occitania, Southern France. It is the capital of the department and lies north of Toulouse. Montauban is the most populated town in Tarn-et-Garonne, ...
, 31 July 1866 - 1947) was a French architect.
Gardelle graduated from the
École des Beaux-Arts
École des Beaux-Arts (; ) refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The term is associated with the Beaux-Arts style in architecture and city planning that thrived in France and other countries during the late nineteenth centur ...
. An exponent of Eclecticism, he built a notable work in
Montevideo,
Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
:
*Palacio Pietracaprina, 1913, currently the Embassy of Brazil
[Au gré des jours en Uruguay - Architecte : Camille Gardelle](_blank)
*refurbishing of Castillo Soneira, 1914 (original by
Víctor Rabú)
*
Palacio Piria
The Piria Palace (Spanish: ''Palacio Piria'') is the headquarters of the Supreme Court of Uruguay. Located on the south side of the Plaza de Cagancha in Montevideo, on the Human Rights Passage, it was declared a National Historical Monument in ...
, originally a residence for
Francisco Piria
Fernando Juan Santiago Francisco María Piria de Grossi (Montevideo, 21 August 1847 - 11 December 1933) was a Uruguayan inventor, alchemist, writer, politician and businessman of Italian descent. He was notable for establishing the city and sea ...
, nowadays headquarters of the
Supreme Court of UruguayPalacio Piria
*Palacio Jackson, later known as Palacio Brasil
*Electoral Court
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References
1866 births
1947 deaths
People from Montauban
École des Beaux-Arts alumni
20th-century French architects
Uruguayan architects
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