MANGIN, François Ignace

French architect, active in the Trier and Mainz region in Germany. He built the Schloss Monaise near Trier for the Counts of Walderburg between 1779 and 1786. The deanery of Mainz CathedralGLOSSARYThe principal church of a province or diocese, where the throne of the bishop is placed. For reasons lost to time and tradition, a cathedral always faces west - toward the setting sun. The altar is placed at the east end. The main body, or nave, of the cathedral is usually divided into one main and two side aisles. These lead up to the north and south transepts, or arms of the cross, the shape in which a cathedral is usually formed., built by Mangin in 1781-86 and destroyed in 1793 during the revolutionary wars, was one of the most modern buildings of its day in Germany.