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Dobrinja (Serbian Cyrillic: Добриња) is a neighbourhood in the western outskirts of Sarajevo, part of the municipality of Novi Grad. It is estimated to have a population of 25,063 inhabitants. Its name comes from the short river Dobrinja that flows through it. It is today organised in four local communities (MZ Dobrinja A, B, C, and D).
The 1st Corps of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was solely established to defend Sarajevo and some part of the Sarajevo region.In 1997–1998, the 1st, 3rd and 7th Corps were incorporated into the 1st Corps of the Army of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Sniper Alley in 1996, seen from a IFOR vehicle. Hand-painted warning sign: "Watch out – Sniper" "Sniper Alley" (Bosnian: Snajperska aleja / Снајперска алеја) was the informal name primarily for streets such as Ulica Zmaja od Bosne (Dragon of Bosnia Street) and Meša Selimović Boulevard, the main boulevard in Sarajevo which during the Bosnian War was lined with Serbian snipers ...
During the 1970s, Sarajevo was undergoing a rapid economic and cultural development, with great expansion focused on population and industry.Novi Grad was a direct result of this period of heavy growth, in which many acres of previously unused land were transformed into socialist urban centres filled with apartment buildings.
Sarajevo (/ ˌ s ær ə ˈ j eɪ v oʊ / SARR-ə-YAY-voh) [5] is the capital [6] and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its administrative limits. [7] [4] The Sarajevo metropolitan area including Sarajevo Canton, Istočno Sarajevo and nearby municipalities is home to 555,210 inhabitants.
Trg oslobođenja - Alija Izetbegović is a square in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.It lies between the municipalities Stari Grad and Centar.It links the main pedestrian thoroughfare of the Sarajevo old town, Ferhadija street, with Zelenih Beretki street, with the Dom Armije (1881).
The Avaz Twist Tower is a 40 story, 175m tall skyscraper in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the headquarters for Dnevni avaz, a Bosnian newspaper company. [1] The tower is located in the Marijin Dvor city neighborhood, Sarajevo's central municipality. [2] Construction began in 2006 and was finished in 2008.
The Dobrinja mortar attack was a massacre which occurred at 10:20 a.m. [1] on 1 June 1993, in Dobrinja, a suburb west of Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina.Two mortar rounds were fired from Serb-held positions, [1] hitting a football pitch where youths put on an impromptu game on the first day of the Muslim holiday Kurban Bajram.