Jan Zaor

St. Peter and St. Paul church in Vilnius, Lithuania designed by Zaor
The Santa Casa in Gołąb

Jan Zaor (Zaur, Zaorowicz) was a Polish baroque architect from Kraków who lived in the 17th century[1] and was active from 1638 to 1676. He is known for designing St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Vilnius[2] (1668–1676).

Works

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He began designing in about 1638, when he worked on the The Santa Casa (domek loretański) in Gołąb. He also designed and/or supervised the following buildings:

References

  1. 1 2 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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