Johann Parler the Younger ( cs, Jan Parléř, german: Johann Parler der Jüngere, ; c. 1359 – 1405/06), was a

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n architect of

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origin from the prominent

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of architects, master builders, and sculptors. He was the son of famous

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architect

Peter Parler Peter Parler (german: Peter von Gemünd, cs, Petr Parléř, la, Petrus de Gemunden in Suevia; 1333 – 13 July 1399) was a German-Bohemian architect and sculptor from the Parler family of master builders. Along with his father, Heinrich Parler, ...

, the builder of

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and

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in Prague. His uncle (i.e. Peter’s brother) was Johannes von Gmünd also known as Johann Parler the Elder, a German Gothic master builder who was architect of

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and also rebuilt the damaged

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. Johann Parler was born in

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where he received his education. He worked alongside is father and older brother

Wenzel Parler Wenzel Parler ( cs, Václav Parléř, 1404) was an architect and sculptor from the Parler family of German-Bohemian master builders and son of Peter Parler. He worked on Gothic churches in the Holy Roman cities of Prague, Nördlingen, and Vienna d ...

on St. Vitus. In 1398, he is first mentioned as the cathedral's master builder (german: Dombaumeister). After his father died in 1399, Johann continued work on St. Vitus Cathedral. He oversaw construction of the South Tower and was probably the designer of the tracery balustrade, which completes the facade. He then moved to

Kutná Hora Kutná Hora (; medieval Czech: ''Hory Kutné''; german: Kuttenberg) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 20,000 inhabitants. The centre of Kutná Hora, including the Sedlec Abbey and its ossuary, was designa ...

(german: Kuttenburg), where he became master builder of St. Barbara's Church. He was the first architect of the church, construction of which had already been started in 1388 but interrupted.J. Chyský, M. Skalník, Vl. Adamec (1965) ''A Guide to Czechoslovakia'' (Artia, Prague) p129 He is the principal designer of the

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. The design of the closed wall that surrounds the choir chapels and the triangular buttresses standing in the central axis clearly follow the Parler family tradition, which became known as the "Parler style." The late Gothic Cathedral is now listed as a

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."Kutná Hora: Historical Town Centre with the Church of St Barbara and the Cathedral of Our Lady at Sedlec"
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Parler, Johann 14th-century Bohemian people 14th-century architects Gothic architects Czech architects German architects German Bohemian people Architects from Prague 1359 births 1400s deaths

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