Louis Visconti

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Joachim Visconti
Joachim Visconti
Napoleon's Tomb designed by Visconti
Napoleon's Tomb designed by Visconti

Louis Tullius Joachim Visconti (February 11, 1791, Rome - December 29, 1853) was an Italian-born French architect and designer.

Son of an archaeologist, Visconti designed many Parisian residences, public buildings and squares, including the Place Saint Sulpice, and was the briefly official architect for the Louvre under Napoleon III. He is probably most famed for designing the 1842 tomb of Napoleon at Les Invalides.

[edit] Sources

  • A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and Descriptive, Russell Sturgis editor, 1901
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