Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer

Czech architect

Date of Birth: 01-Sep-1689

Place of Birth: Prague, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 12-Dec-1751

Profession: architect

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer

  • Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer (Czech: Kilián Ignác Dientzenhofer) (1 September 1689, Prague – 18 December 1751) was a Bohemian architect of the Baroque era.
  • He was the fifth son of the German architect Christoph Dientzenhofer and the Bohemian German ethnics Maria Anna Aichbauer (née Lang), the widow of the architect Johann Georg Achbauer the Elder, and a member of the well known Dientzenhofer family of architects.
  • As an architect he co-operated with his father and with Jan Santini Aichel. Among Dientzenhofer's buildings are the Church of St.
  • John of Nepomuk, the St.
  • Nicholas Church, and the Vila Amerika and Kinský Palace in Prague.
  • He also built numerous churches and secular buildings in other towns of Bohemia.
  • Many of his later projects were realized by his pupil and son-in-law Anselmo Martino Lurago.

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