Carlo Lurago






Carlo Lurago (also spelled Luraghi) (1615 – 22 October 1684) was an Italian architect, who was most active in Prague.


He was born in Pellio Superiore in the Val d'Intelvi, near Como. At the age of 23, as an already an accomplished plasterer, he moved to Prague. He would build several different Jesuit churches and cloisters there, including some at the Clementinum, in the early baroque style. His first commission was the stucco decoration on the gothic St. Saviour Church in Prague. He also worked on the Saint Eligius Chapel there in 1654, before his work was redone by Domenico Orsi.


Lurago was also successful outside of Bohemia. He developed the plans for the Passau 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 of Maria Taferl, which had to be completed by Jakob Prandtauer after Lurago died in Passau.



Works



  • 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: The Clementinum, Staré Město, Prague

  • 1653–1658: Modification and baroquification of the castle annex for the Counts of Herberstein, Gorzanów, 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 in Nové 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 of Svatá Hora near Příbram

  • 1578–1653: Clementinum, St. Salvator (Kostel svatého Salvátora), Staré Město, Prague

  • 1654–1690: Jesuit College Kłodzko, Silesia

  • 1663–1668: Cloister "im Waldl", Kladno

  • 1664: New Inn, Tursko

  • 1665–1670: St. Ignatius Church (Czech: Kostel svatého Ignáce), Prague

  • 1666–1668: Hunting lodges for Humprecht Jan Czernin von und zu Chudenitz, Sobotka

  • 1668: St. Stephan's Cathedral, Passau

  • 1670: Pilgrimage church of Maria Taferl im Poggstal

  • 1673: Professhaus Sankt Nikolaus in Malá Strana, Prague

  • 1688: Remodeling of St. Ignatius Church in Chomutov



References


  • The information in this article is based on that in its German equivalent.










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