 The Sarajevo Ashkenazi synagogue was designed by Karel Pařík and built in 1902.The Sephardic community constructed their own "Il Kal Grande" synagogue of 1932, acknowledged as the largest and most ornate synagogues in the Balkans.It was devastated by the Nazis in 1941 during World War II, but the Ashkenazi synagogue was able to escape destruction.