Hungarian architect and military engineer. He graduated from the Vienna Academy of Engineering and served in various military engineering positions. In 1809 he led the defense of Gyõ. His early architectural works are characterized by late Baroque lurking in classicism. His major works, the Debrecen Reformed Great Church (1805-1821) and the Debrecen Reformed College (1804-1818), are already outstanding works of Hungarian Neoclassicism.
The cathedral at V�c built by Isidore Canevale, served as a model for other Hungarian churches, such as the cathedrals at Esztergom, Eger, and Szombathely, all of which eagerly sought to express a monumental Neoclassical style. The ideals of Neoclassicism were not exclusively used by the Catholic Church to show its reverence for Rome, the main Calvinist place of worship in Debrecen also employed a portico with columns and twin towers on its fa�ade. Because the body of church consists only of a transverse nave adjoined by a flat choir, the twin towers on the fa�ade seems strangely outsized - an effect which is heightened still further by the uncompleted dome over the “crossing.”
Built between 1805 and 1824, the Great Church is the symbol of Debrecen and Hungarian Reformation. The dethronement of the Habsburgs was declared here on the 14th April 1849.
Building work started under the supervision of architect Mih�ly P�chy, who also designed the Reformed College here, but was subsequently assumed by J�zsef Tallherr (1730-1807). The 55-meter long building’s 15 meter-wide nave stands on medieval foundations.
The cathedral at V�c built by Isidore Canevale, served as a model for other Hungarian churches, such as the cathedrals at Esztergom, Eger, and Szombathely, all of which eagerly sought to express a monumental Neoclassical style. The ideals of Neoclassicism were not exclusively used by the Catholic Church to show its reverence for Rome, the main Calvinist place of worship in Debrecen also employed a portico with columns and twin towers on its fa�ade. Because the body of church consists only of a transverse nave adjoined by a flat choir, the twin towers on the fa�ade seems strangely outsized - an effect which is heightened still further by the uncompleted dome over the “crossing.”
Built between 1805 and 1824, the Great Church is the symbol of Debrecen and Hungarian Reformation. The dethronement of the Habsburgs was declared here on the 14th April 1849.
Building work started under the supervision of architect Mih�ly P�chy, who also designed the Reformed College here, but was subsequently assumed by J�zsef Tallherr (1730-1807). The 55-meter long building’s 15 meter-wide nave stands on medieval foundations.
