Dientzenhofer, Christoph
German architect
born July 7, 1655, Rosenheim, Bavaria 【now in Germany】
died June 20, 1722, Prague, Bohemia, Austrian Habsburg 【now in Czech Republic】
German architect who was a leading builder in the Bohemian Baroque (Baroque period) style.Dientzenhofer was a member of a large family of German architects and father of Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer (Dientzenhofer, Kilian Ignaz). The two worked together on the Church of St. Nicholas (1703–11, 1732–52) and the Břevnov Monastery (1708–21), both in Prague.
- Balkan League
- Balkan Mountains
- Balkans
- Balkan Wars
- Balkh
- Balkhash, Lake
- balkline billiards
- ball
- ballad
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- ballad opera
- ballad revival
- ballad stanza
- Balladur, Édouard
- Balla, Giacomo
- Ball, Albert
- Ballance, John
- Ballanche, Pierre-Simon
- ball-and-socket joint
- Ballangrud, Ivar
- Ballantyne, R.M.
- Ballarat
- Ballard Family
- Ballard, Hank
- Ballard, J.G.