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František Blažek (1863 in Zálší – 1 January 1944 in
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) was a Czech architect who designed a great number of buildings in
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during the
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period.


Work

In Bosnia and Herzegovina he is also known as Franz Blazek, Franz Blažek, or Frank Blazek. Some of his noteworthy works include the Mostar Gymnasium, the in
Hořice Hořice (, also known as Hořice v Podkrkonoší; german: Horschitz) is a town in Jičín District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 8,600 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages of Březovice, Chlum, Chvalina, ...
,
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, and the Franz Josef Garrison in
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(today's
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). František Blažek also designed three hotels in
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's suburb of
Ilidža Ilidža ( sr-cyrl, Илиџа, ) is a town and a municipality located in Sarajevo Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It has a total population of 66,730 with 63,528 in Ilidža itself, and is ...
near the
Vrelo Bosne The Spring of the Bosna river ( bs, Vrelo Bosne, ) is a public park in Bosnia and Herzegovina featuring the system of numerous springs of the River Bosna at the foothills of the Mount Igman, on the outskirts of Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and He ...
: hotels ''Igman'', ''Austria'' and ''Bosna''. They were completed in 1895.


Gallery

Ilidza Hotel-Bosna 2010-07-05.jpg, ''Hotel Bosnia'',
Ilidža Ilidža ( sr-cyrl, Илиџа, ) is a town and a municipality located in Sarajevo Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It has a total population of 66,730 with 63,528 in Ilidža itself, and is ...
Hotel Austria, Ilidža (2010).JPG, ''Hotel Austria'', Ilidža The Turk and his lost provinces - Greece, Bulgaria, Servia, Bosnia (1903) (14799724063).jpg, ''Hotel Austria'' in 1903 Ministry of Defense of Bosnia and Herzegovina IMG 1155.JPG, Franz Josef Garrison in Sarajevo, 1898–1901


See also

*
Karel Pařík Karel Pařík (4 July 1857 – 16 June 1942) was a Czech-born architect in the Austro-Hungarian empire. Pařík spent most of his life in Sarajevo where he designed over seventy major buildings, which are today classified among the most beautif ...
* Josip Vancaš *
Alexander Wittek Alexander Wittek (12 October 1852, Sisak – 11 May 1894, Graz) was an Austrian-Hungarian architect and chess master. As an architect, Wittek worked in Bosnia and Herzegovina during Austro-Hungarian Empire. His most well-known works in Sarajevo ...
* Juraj Neidhardt *
Architecture of Mostar Centuries before the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman conquest of Bosnia, Mostar was a small hamlet situated at a strategic crossing of the Neretva river. Its hinterlands consisted of a broad agricultural plain on the west bank and steep terraces on the eas ...


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* 1863 births 1944 deaths People from Ústí nad Orlicí District Czech architects Bosnia and Herzegovina architects {{CzechRepublic-architect-stub