- Carlo Lurago
Carlo Lurago (also spelled Luraghi;
1615 –October 22 1684 ) was an Italian architect, who was most active inPrague .He was born in
Pellio Superiore in theVal d'Intelvi , nearComo . At the age of 23, as an already an accomplishedplasterer , he moved to Prague. He would build several differentJesuit churches and cloisters there, including some at theClementinum , in the early baroque style. His first commission was the stucco decoration on the gothic St. Saviour Church in Prague. He also worked on theSaint Eligius Chapel there in 1654, before his work was redone byDomenico Orsi .Lurago was also successful outside of
Bohemia . He developed the plans for thePassau Cathedral . It is notable because the main altar has a series of flat elliptical domes. This arch design foreshadows many other buildings of the baroque style. Another notable example of his work is the pilgrimage church ofMaria Taferl , which had to be completed byJakob Prandtauer after Lurago died inPassau .Projects
* 1637-1659: Baroque City Hall,
Náchod
* 1638-1648: St. Saviour, Prague
* 1640-1642: Jesuit Church and College House,Březnice
* 1650-1659: Modifications and enlargement of Náchod Castle
* c. 1650: Modification of the Church of St. Mary-under-the-Chain,Malá Strana , Prague
* 1651: Modification of the Lobkowicz Palace, Prague
* 1653-1660: TheClementinum ,Staré Město , Prague
* 1653-1658: Modification and baroquification of the castle annex for the Counts of Herberstein,Grafenort ,Powiat of Kłodzko ,Silesia
* 1654-1666: Jesuit Church of the Assumption,Hradec Králové
* 1654-1679: St. Ignatius Church,Klatovy (Klattau)
* 1655-1661: Modification of the Castle inNové Město nad Metují
* 1657-1739: Saint-John-under-the-Cliff, (Svatý Jan pod Skalou),Beroun District
* 1658: "Stone Birdhouses", Prague
* 1659-1674: Cloister of the pilgrimage church ofSvatá Hora nearPříbram
* 1578-1653: Clementinum, St. Salvator (Kostel svatého Salvátora), Staré Město, Prague
* 1654-1690: Jesuit CollegeKłodzko , Silesia
* 1663-1668: Cloister "im Waldl",Kladno
* 1665-1670: Saint Ignatius Church (Kostel svatého Ignáce), Prague
* 1666-1668: Hunting lodges for Humprecht JanCzernin von und zu Chudenitz ,Sobotka
* 1668:St. Stephan's Cathedral, Passau
* 1670: Pilgrimage church ofMaria Taferl im Poggstal
* 1673: Professhaus Sankt Nikolaus in Malá Strana, Prague
* 1688: Remodeling of St. Ignatius Church inChomutov References
*The information in this article is based on that in its German equivalent.
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