Jan Zaor

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

'''Jan Zaor''' (Zaur, Zaorowicz) was a Polish baroque architect from Kraków who lived in the 17th century<ref name="Kaczorowski">Bartłomiej Kaczorowski. ''The monuments of Polish architecture''. WSiP. 1998. p. 398.</ref> and was active from 1638 to 1676. He is known for designing St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Vilnius<ref>Grigorijus Potašenko. ''Multinational Lithuania: history of ethnic minority.''. Šviesa. 2008. p. 93.</ref> (1668–1676).

==Works== 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)<ref name="Kaczorowski"/> * The Royal chapel in the church of Kazimierz Dolny (1653) *Pažaislis church (1672–1674) *St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Vilnius (1668–1676)

==References== {{reflist}} *{{cite web |title=Zaor Jan |work=WIEM Encyklopedia |url=http://portalwiedzy.onet.pl/35516,,,,zaor_jan,haslo.html |accessdate=2007-11-04 |language=Polish |archive-date=2012-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218151704/http://portalwiedzy.onet.pl/35516,,,,zaor_jan,haslo.html |url-status=dead }}

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