Lovrenc Prager
Date of birth: 1720
Date of death: 1791
Main profession: architect
Beside The former Theatre of the Carniolan Provincial Estates (The Estates Theatre) in Ljubljana, Lovrenc Prager designed numerous important buildings at that time, in particular around Ljubljana. Among the most important are churches in Tunjice near Kamnik, Gabrje near Ljubljana and in Petrovče near Žalec, and the mansion houses Novo Celje, Selo and Dol near Ljubljana, and Boštanj and Praproče near Grosuplje.The theatre design was related to the still preserved, slightly smaller and lower former Miners’ Theatre in Idrija, built after 1769, maybe also according to plans designed by him.
