Joseph Massol (born in
Avignon
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on 15 October 1700; died in
Strasbourg
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on 12 March 1771)
was a French architect, mainly active in
Strasbourg
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. He is notable for continuing
Robert de Cotte
Robert de Cotte (1656 – 15 July 1735) was a French architect-administrator, under whose design control of the royal buildings of France from 1699, the earliest notes presaging the Rococo style were introduced. First a pupil of Jules Hard ...
's work on the
bishop's palace in the city between 1728 and 1729, as architect to the bishop and the cathedral chapter. He produced designs for the
hôtel de Klinglin
The Hôtel de Klinglin, currently known as the Hôtel du Préfet, is a historic building located near Place Broglie on the Grande Île in the city center of Strasbourg, in the French department of the Bas-Rhin. It has been classified as a Monume ...
for the royal prefect François-Joseph de Klinglin, but de Klinglin was dissatisfied with them and instead had it built by the city architect Jean-Pierre Pflug, though probably drew on Massol's plans. In 1758 Massol also built a wing (known as the 'aile d'intendance') and a new entrance gate for the hôtel de Klinglin, both now destroyed.
Works
* Château d'
Odratzheim
Odratzheim (; ; gsw-FR, Oderze) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
See also
* Communes of the Bas-Rhin department
The following is a list of the 514 communes of the Bas-Rhin department of France ...
* Collège des
Jésuites (now the
Lycée Fustel-de-Coulanges)
*
Grand Séminaire de Strasbourg
*
Hôtel de Ville in
Wissembourg
Wissembourg (; South Franconian German, South Franconian: ''Weisseburch'' ; German: ''Weißenburg'' ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Bas-Rhin Departments of France, department in Grand Est in northeastern France.
It is situated on the li ...
* Castle of the
De Dietrich family in
Reichshoffen
Reichshoffen ( or ; ; Alsatian: ''Risshoffe'') is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Église Saint-Michel de Reichshoffen was built in 1772.
Population
Politics and administration
List of mayors
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*
Hôtel de Klinglin
The Hôtel de Klinglin, currently known as the Hôtel du Préfet, is a historic building located near Place Broglie on the Grande Île in the city center of Strasbourg, in the French department of the Bas-Rhin. It has been classified as a Monume ...
(now the hôtel de la préfecture)
*
Hôtel de Hanau
The ''Hôtel de Hanau'', also known as the ''Hôtel de ville'' and (in German) as the ''Hanauer Hof'', is a historic building located on Place Broglie on the Grande Île in the city center of Strasbourg, in the French department of the Bas-Rhin ...
(now the Hôtel de Ville)
* Maison bourgeoise,
Strasbourg
Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...
, Rue des Juifs 36 (1750–1751)
*
Palais du gouverneur militaire de Strasbourg
References
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Massol, Joseph
1700 births
1771 deaths
18th-century French architects
People from Avignon
Architects from Strasbourg