Fischer von Erlach

American

[fish-uhr fuhn er-lahkh] / ˈfɪʃ ər fən ˈɛr lɑx /

noun

Johann Bernhard 1656–1723, Austrian architect.

Fischer von Erlach British

/ ˈfɪʃər fɔn ˈerlax /

noun

Johann Bernhard (joˈhan ˈbernhart). 1656–1723, Austrian architect: a leading exponent of the German baroque

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Towering twice as big as life were melodramatic figures of Copernicus, Paracelsus, the 16th Century alchemist-physician, and Fischer von Erlach, the Austrian baroque architect.

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