Karel Pařík 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 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.
Karel Pařík
Karel Pařík's grave in Sarajevo. The epitaph reads: "Here rests the builder of Sarajevo. Czech by birth, Sarajevan by choice. - A thankful Bosnia and Herzegovina."
Hotel Evropa (1882)
Faculty of Islamic Studies (1887)
National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina is located in central Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Aerial photo of the National Museum - what is today backside of the complex (second row facing tree-alley) was main entrance and frontal facade before
Image: National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina Logo
Medieval tombstones in National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina courtyard's botanical garden.
National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina
