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Jan Letzel
1880Apr, 9

Jan Letzel

Jan Letzel, Czech architect (d. 1925)
Jan Letzel (April 9, 1880 – December 26, 1925) was a Czech architect, most famous for designing a building in Hiroshima whose ruins are now the A-Bomb Dome or Peace Memorial.

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