Jan Zaor Explained

Jan Zaor
Nationality:	Polish

Jan Zaor (Zaur, Zaorowicz) was a Polish baroque architect of Italian background 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

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)^[1]
• 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

• Web site: Zaor Jan. WIEM Encyklopedia. 2007-11-04. Polish.

Notes and References

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.