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Ottoman-Armenian architect
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Hovsep Aznavour
Hovsep Kerovbei Aznavuryan
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Gender
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Place of birth
London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Place of death
Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Age
81 years
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Biography
Hovsep Aznavur (Armenian: ովսեփ Ազնավուր; 1854, London - June 1935, Cairo) was an Ottoman Armenian architect. He is noted for his construction plans for the Bulgarian St. Stephen Church of Istanbul, Turkey.
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Born in London in 1854, Aznavur's family moved to Istanbul in 1867. Aznavur completed his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome. He was active in Armenian community life. In 1921, he became a founding member of the Ramgavar Party, one of the three major historic Armenian political parties. He escaped from Istanbul after the Armenian Genocide and died at the end of June 1935 in Cairo, Egypt.
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