František Blažek
Illustration — Mostar Gymnasium from 1902 built in Moorish Revival style • Illustration — Masaryk Independence Tower in Hořice, Czech Republic František Blažek (12 May 1863 – 1 January 1944) was a Czech architect and educator.
František Blažek
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- 1863. · Zálší.
- Died
- 1944. · Prague.
- Nationality
- Bohemia.
- Occupation
- architect and teacher.
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Illustration — Mostar Gymnasium from 1902 built in Moorish Revival style • Illustration — Masaryk Independence Tower in Hořice, Czech Republic František Blažek (12 May 1863 – 1 January 1944) was a Czech architect and educator.
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Blažek was born on 12 May 1863 in Zálší, Bohemia, Austrian Empire, into the family of a farmer. He was son-in-law of Czech architect Karel Pařík. Until 1902, he worked in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he designed several buildings. In 1902, Blažek became a professor at the Sculpture and Stonemasonry Secondary School in Hořice, where he taught construction and architectural subjects until 1933. Blažek died on 1 January 1944 in Prague.
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In his work, Blažek liked to use the Moorish Revival style and avoided unnecessary decorations. Some of his noteworthy works include the Mostar Gymnasium, the Masaryk Independence Tower in Hořice, Czech Republic, and the Franz Josef Garrison in Sarajevo (today's Ministry of Defence). František Blažek also designed three hotels in Sarajevo's suburb of Ilidža near the Vrelo Bosne: hotels Igman, Austria and Bosna. They were completed in 1895.
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• Illustration — Hotel Bosnia, Ilidža • Illustration — Hotel Austria, Ilidža • Illustration — Hotel Austria in 1903 • Illustration — Franz Josef Garrison in Sarajevo, 1898–1901
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František Blažek is recorded with the occupation architect. Recorded with the occupation teacher. Recorded as architect and teacher.
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1863
František Blažek was born on 1 January 1863.
1944
František Blažek died on 1 January 1944.
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- 1.Monuments from Austro–Hungarian period. QUERDENKEN Wiki. May 2024.
- 2.Státní oblastní archiv v Hradci Králové. Sbírka matrik Východočeského kraje, sign.: 6459 (poř.č. 1342), 11.1835-6.1923. Snímek 29.
- 3.Město Hořice. Věž samostatnosti jako památník národní hrdosti.
- 4.Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague. Blažek, František, 1863-1944 jk01012292.
- 5.Groundspeak, Inc. Masarykova vež samostatnosti, CZ.
- 6.Sarajevo (1878–1918). sarajevo18781918.blogger.ba.
- 7.Ilidža Municipality. Ilidža History.
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