Anton Bitenc
*6. 1. 1920 – Šentvid pri Ljubljani, Slovenia
†14. 6. 1977 – Ljubljana, Slovenia
Biography
Anton (Tone) Bitenc studied architecture in 1947 under Prof. Jože Plečnik at the University of Ljubljana and later became his last assistant at the school. From 1967, he taught drawing at the Faculty of Architecture, initially as an assistant professor and later as a professor. Among his most significant works is the monument to the national liberation struggle, which Bitenc derived from Plečnik's motifs. For the reconstruction of the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, he received the Plečnik Award in 1973. From 1969 to 1975, during the construction of Ravnikar's Republic Square, he participated in the restoration of the Ursuline Monastery, where the square was being developed in its gardens. In addition to the revitalization and reconstruction of old churches, he also designed a number of new churches (Dražgoše, Idrija, Koseze in Ljubljana, Poljane) and thus took over from Plečnik in designing sacred buildings in Slovenia.
Anton (Tone) Bitenc studied architecture in 1947 under Prof. Jože Plečnik at the University of Ljubljana and later became his last assistant at the school. From 1967, he taught drawing at the Faculty of Architecture, initially as an assistant professor and later as a professor. Among his most significant works is the monument to the national liberation struggle, which Bitenc derived from Plečnik's motifs. For the reconstruction of the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, he received the Plečnik Award in 1973. From 1969 to 1975, during the construction of Ravnikar's Republic Square, he participated in the restoration of the Ursuline Monastery, where the square was being developed in its gardens. In addition to the revitalization and reconstruction of old churches, he also designed a number of new churches (Dražgoše, Idrija, Koseze in Ljubljana, Poljane) and thus took over from Plečnik in designing sacred buildings in Slovenia.
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