Bernard Meretyn (german: Bernhard Meretyn, also Bernard Merettiner, born near or at the end of the 17th century – January 3 or January 4, 1759) was an

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

of the late Baroque and

rococo Rococo (, also ), less commonly Roccoco or Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and theatrical style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colours, sculpted moulding, ...

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origin. He worked in

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, which in the 18th century was part of the

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. In particular, he worked in

Lviv Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukrain ...

( St. George's Cathedral, Lviv),

Buchach Buchach ( uk, Бучач; pl, Buczacz; yi, בעטשאָטש, Betshotsh or (Bitshotsh); he, בוצ'אץ' ''Buch'ach''; german: Butschatsch; tr, Bucaş) is a city located on the Strypa River (a tributary of the Dniester) in Chortkiv Raion of T ...

( Buchach townhall),

Vynnyky Vynnyky ( uk, Ви́нники, , pl, Winniki) is a city in Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast (region) of Ukraine. It belongs to Lviv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. As of 2021, its population was estimated to be . The city is part of Lych ...

. According to Ukrainian researcher Volodymyr Vujcyk by analysing multiple signatures architect used as: Meretynier Bernat architectus, Meretync, Meredyn, Merettyn, Mirydyn, Mertynier, Merderer, Bernadt architecto, Bernat, Bennard, Merettini, Meretyn, he was able to identify his original German surname was ''Merettiner''. File:Lviv - Cathedral of Saint George 01.JPG, St. George's Cathedral, Lviv (1746-1764) File:Ua butschatsch rathaus.jpg, Buchach townhall (1750-1751) File:Львів. Палац Ринок 10. Палац Любомирських.JPG, Lubomirski Palace File:Tarnogród Kościół Parafialny.jpg, Tarnogród File:ChurchOfImmaculateConceptionOfVirginMaryIinHorodenka.jpg,

Horodenka Horodenka ( uk, Городе́нка, pl, Horodenka, occasionally ''Horodence'', yi, האראדענקע ''Horodenke'') is a city located in Kolomyia Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, in Western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Horodenka u ...

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Sources

*''Zbigniew Hornung.'' Merenyn Bernard (zm. 1759) //

Polski Słownik Biograficzny ''Polski Słownik Biograficzny'' (''PSB''; Polish Biographical Dictionary) is a Polish-language biographical dictionary, comprising an alphabetically arranged compilation of authoritative biographies of some 25,000 notable Poles and of foreigner ...

.— Wrocław — Warszawa — Kraków — Gdańsk, 1978.— t. ХХ/3, zeszyt 86.— 409–616 s.— S. 442-444.
Bernard Meretyn - biography

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