Franz Christian Gau

Franz Christian Gau (15 June 1790, in Cologne – January 1854, in Paris) was a French architect and archaeologist of German descent.

In 1809 he entered the Académie des Beaux-Arts, Paris, and in 1815 visited Italy and Sicily.

It consists of sixty-eight plates, of plans, sections, and views, and was received as an authority.

He directed the restoration of the churches of Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre, and Saint-Séverin, and built the great prison of La Roquette, etc.

Illness compelled him to relinquish the care of supervising the work, and he died before its completion.