Karel PaÅ™Ãk
Czech architect
Died when: 84 years 347 days (1019 months)Star Sign: Cancer
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Karel ParÃk (4 July 1857 – 16 June 1942) was a Czech-born architect in the Austro-Hungarian empire.ParÃk spent most of his life in Sarajevo where he designed over seventy major buildings, which are today classified among the most beautiful in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
For Bosnians, he is also known as Karlo Paržik and is considered as "The builder of Sarajevo".He died working on his last project, Sarajevo City Hall, which later became one of the symbols of the city. "Czech by birth, Sarajevan by choice" stands encrypted on his gravestone in Sarajevo.
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