Vavrinec Dunajský (born 15 July 1784 in
Ľubietová, died 15 February 1833 in
Budapest
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) was a
Slovak sculptor
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.
He is most famous for his work called the statue of
Corgoň at The Canon House in
Nitra. Vavrinec Dunajský also built the main altar in The Church of the Holy Cross with its picturesque figurines of the Virgin Mary and Magdalene in
Banská Bystrica
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.
Banská Bystrica: The town castle complex
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Corgoň statue
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19th-century Slovak sculptors
1784 births
1833 deaths
People from Banská Bystrica District
Sculptors from the Austrian Empire