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4 unusual facts about Carl Gangolf Kayser


Carl Gangolf Kayser

Carl Gangolf Kayser (or Carl Gangolph Kaiser; born 12 February 1837, in Vienna; died 2 September 1895), was an Austrian architect at the service of Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico, during the Second Mexican Empire.

After the collapse of the Mexican Empire in 1867, he returned to Austria, where he restored several medieval castles, such as Kreuzenstein, Hardegg or Liechtenstein Castle near Vienna.

After several trips, he was appointed court architect by Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico in 1864.

Carl Gangolf Kayser was enrolled in the sculpture class of the Academy of Fine Arts of Vienna and in that of Munich.



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