Johann Parler
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Prague
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– 1405/06), was a Bohemian
Bohemian
A Bohemian is a resident of the former Kingdom of Bohemia, either in a narrow sense as the region of Bohemia proper or in a wider meaning as the whole country, now known as the Czech Republic. The word "Bohemian" was used to denote the Czech people as well as the Czech language before the word...
architect of German origin.
Johann Parler comes from the Parler family
Parler family
Parler was a surname of a family of German architects and builders from the 14 century. The family came from Schwäbisch Gmünd, but descendants of Heinrich Parler, the founder of the dynasty, were working in various parts of central Europe, especially in Bohemia.The family name was derived from the...
, whose members were architects in whole Europe. He was a son of the famous Gothic
Gothic architecture
Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture....
architect Peter Parler
Peter Parler
Peter Parler, , Schwäbisch Gmünd – July 13, 1399, Prague) was a German architect, best known for building Saint Vitus Cathedral and Charles Bridge in Prague, where he lived from about 1356....
, who built the Saint Vitus Cathedral and Charles Bridge
Charles Bridge
The Charles Bridge is a famous historic bridge that crosses the Vltava river in Prague, Czech Republic. Its construction started in 1357 under the auspices of King Charles IV, and finished in the beginning of the 15th century...
in Prague.
After his father Peter Parler died, Johann Parler worked eight years in Prague, continuing the works on the Saint Vitus Cathedral. Then he moved to Kutná Hora
Kutná Hora
Kutná Hora is a city in Bohemia, now the Czech Republic in the Central Bohemian Region.-History:The town began in 1142 with the settlement of the first Cistercian Monastery in Bohemia, Kloster Sedlitz, brought from the Imperial immediate Cistercian Waldsassen Abbey...
(Kuttenburg), where he was the first architect of the famous St. Barbara's Church in the first period of its construction. The late Gothic Cathedral is now listed as a UNESCO
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World Heritage Site
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.