Nicolò Pacassi

Nicolò Pacassi (1716–1790) was an Italian-Austrian architect of the late Baroque and early classicism. Born in Wiener Neustadt to a merchant family from Gorizia, he succeeded Jean Nicolas Jadot as head of the court building office in 1753 and became Maria Theresa's chief court architect.

He led the remodelling of Schönbrunn Palace, designed the ballroom wing of the Vienna Hofburg and rebuilt parts of Prague Castle, with further commissions in Innsbruck, Buda and Gorizia. Knighted in 1764 and raised to baron in 1769, he left the building office at his own request in 1772 and remained an adviser until his death in Vienna.