Joseph Moretti (died 1 May 1793) was a German architect of Italian birth of the late baroque era. Born in Milan, he primarily worked in the cities of Aachen, Liège, and Maastricht. His first important design was the design for the library at the

Rolduc Rolduc is the name of a medieval abbey located on the edge of the town of Kerkrade in the far south-east of the Netherlands. It is today a Roman Catholic seminary with an affiliated conference center. The abbey is a '' rijksmonument'' (Dutch n ...

in the

rococo style Rococo (, also ), less commonly Roccoco or Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and theatrical style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colours, sculpted moulding, ...

. He also designed the west chapel of the

Aachen Cathedral Aachen Cathedral (german: Aachener Dom) is a Roman Catholic church in Aachen, Germany and the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aachen. One of the oldest cathedrals in Europe, it was constructed by order of Emperor Charlemagne, who was buri ...

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*Marcel Bauer, Frank Eindhoven, Anke Kappler, Belinda Petri, Christine Vogt, Anke Volkmer, ''Unterwegs auf Couvens Spuren''. Eupen () {{DEFAULTSORT:Moretti, Joseph 1793 deaths 18th-century German architects German Baroque architects Dutch Baroque architects 1776 House & parc Clermont(Blumenthal) Bloemendalstraat 26, Vaals, The Netherlands