Franciscus Pahr

Franciscus Pahr (died 1580) was an Italian architect[1] who worked in Silesia and Sweden from the 1550s.

Pahr was from a family of architects who worked in Germany and Sweden during the later part of 16th century and were instrumental in introducing Renaissance architecture to northern Europe.

[4] The Pahr family brought Italian and German Renaissance architecture to Sweden.

[5] In 1558, he entered into an agreement with Duke Ulrich of Mecklenburg-Güstrow to build a castle in Güstrow,[6] which he supervised until 1565.

In 1578, he supervised work on the restoration of Uppsala Cathedral which had also been damaged by the 1572 fire, reconstructing the towers in the Renaissance style.