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Jože Plečnik

Architect

Jože Plečnik

1872–1957

Portrait: Anonymous Unknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Born
1872 · Ljubljana, Slovenia
Died
1957 · Ljubljana, Slovenia
Nationality
Austrian / Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia
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Jože Plečnik was a Slovenian architect who had a major impact on the modern architecture of Vienna, Prague and of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, most notably by designing the iconic Triple Bridge and the Slovenian National and University Library building, as well as the embankments along the Ljubljanica River, the Ljubljana Central Market buildings, the Ljubljana cemetery, parks, plazas. His architectural imprint on Ljubljana has been compared to the impact Antoni Gaudí had on Barcelona.

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