110 years ago, the architect Josef Mocker passed away

Prague - A week before his 64th birthday, on November 15, 1899, the significant Czech architect and restorer Josef Mocker (born November 22, 1835 in Cítoliby) passed away. His work was very extensive and varied - he participated in the completion and restoration of many significant temples and castles, as well as designing new buildings.
    He was a proponent of the pseudo-Gothic purist style and conceived his buildings in its spirit. He similarly approached his restoration work. Notably, according to his design, the churches of St. Ludmila in Vinohrady, St. Peter and Paul at Vyšehrad, St. Prokop in Žižkov, and the New Provostry at Prague Castle were built. He was also the author of the project for the Schwarzenberg Tomb in Třeboň and a number of schools, including the gymnasiums in Litoměřice and Mladá Boleslav.
    He restored a number of historical buildings, such as Křivoklát, Karlštejn, the Powder Tower in Prague, and churches in Kolín, Plzeň, and Vysoké Mýto. He radically reconstructed the Konopiště Castle and in 1873 was commissioned to complete the cathedral of St. Vitus in Prague, where, inspired by Parléř's Gothic style, among other things, he completed the western façade with two towers. He had a perfect command of Gothic morphology and was one of the most significant representatives of Neo-Gothic.
    Some of his purist modifications were subject to criticism, not entirely justified. The documentation he prepared for each building he restored was of very high quality. From his experiences, he also wrote several publications on the issues of restoration of monuments.