Editing Gottfried Semper (section)

=== Later life (from 1871) ===
[[File:Friedhof Piramide - Grab Semper.jpg|thumb|left|Semper's grave in the [[Protestant Cemetery, Rome]]]]
[[File:Gottfried Semper 1879.jpg|thumb|[[Franz von Lenbach]]'s portrait of Gottfried Semper shortly before his death]]

Already in 1833, there were first plans in Vienna for the public presentation of the Imperial Art Collections. With the planning of the [[Vienna Ring Road]], the museum question became pressing again. Works forming the imperial art collection were scattered among several buildings. Semper was assigned to submit a proposal for locating new buildings in conjunction with redevelopment of the Ring Road. In 1869, he designed a gigantic 'Imperial Forum' which was not realized. The National Museum of Art History and the National Museum of Natural History were erected, however, opposite the Palace according to his plan, as was the Burgtheater. In 1871, Semper moved to Vienna to undertake the projects.
During construction, repeated disagreements with his appointed associate architect ([[Baron Karl von Hasenauer|Karl Freiherr von Hasenauer]]), led Semper to resign from the project in 1876. In the following year, his health began to deteriorate. He died two years later while on a visit to Italy and is buried in the [[Protestant Cemetery, Rome]].
<ref>[http://www.protestantcemetery.it/graves/databases.html Non-Catholic Cemetery in Rome databases Semper Goffredo] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130207015655/http://www.protestantcemetery.it/graves/databases.html |date=2013-02-07 }}</ref>

[[File:semperopera.jpg|center|thumb|590px|Semper's (second) [[Semper Opera House|Dresden Opera House]] as it is today]]