Benedikt Rejt
Benedikt Rejt (often spelled Benedikt Ried; c. 1450 – between 1531 and 1536) was a leading medieval architect in Bohemia, today's Czech Republic. He built Vladislav Hall (1497–1500) in Prague Castle, St. Barbara's Church, Kutná Hora, (c. 1482) and other buildings in a late Gothic and early Renaissance style.
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A probable portrait of Benedikt Rejt, detail of the painting Danish king Eric comes to see St. Wenceslas Church in the St. Wenceslas Chapel of St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague | |
| Born | Benedikt Ried c. 1450 |
| Died | between 1531 and 1536 |
| Nationality | Bohemian |
| Known for | Architecture |
| Notable work | Vladislav Hall in Prague, St. Barbara's Church in Kutná Hora, St. Anne's Church in Annaberg, St. Nicholas Church in Louny |
| Movement | Late Gothic style, sometimes with Renaissance elements (so called Jagiellonian Gothic) |
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