Jan Zaor
Jan Zaor (Zaur, Zaorowicz) was a Polish baroque architect from Kraków who lived in the 17th century and was active from 1638 to 1676. He is known for designing St. Peter and St.
Jan Zaor
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- Jan Zaor
- Nationality
- Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Occupation
- architect
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Jan Zaor (Zaur, Zaorowicz) was a Polish baroque architect from Kraków who lived in the 17th century and was active from 1638 to 1676. He is known for designing St. Peter and St.
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Paul's Church, Vilnius (1668–1676).
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• Name — Jan Zaor • Illustration — St. Peter and St. Paul church in Vilnius, Lithuania designed by Zaor • Illustration — The Santa Casa in Gołąb
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He began designing in about 1638, when he worked on The Santa Casa (domek loretański) in Gołąb. He also designed and/or supervised the following buildings: • The Parish Church of the Holy Trinity in Tarłów (mid-17th century) • The Royal chapel in the church of Kazimierz Dolny (1653) • Pažaislis church (1672–1674) • St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Vilnius (1668–1676)
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- 1.Bartłomiej Kaczorowski. The monuments of Polish architecture. WSiP. 1998. p. 398.
- 2.Grigorijus Potašenko. Multinational Lithuania: history of ethnic minority.. Šviesa. 2008. p. 93.
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