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Sarajevo. Sarajevo (/ ˌsærəˈjeɪvoʊ / 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, East Sarajevo and nearby municipalities is home to 555,210 inhabitants. [a][4] Located within ...
Sarajevo was founded when the Ottoman Empire conquered the region, with 1461 typically regarded as the date of the city's founding. The first known Ottoman governor of Bosnia, Isa-Beg Ishaković, chose the village of Brodac as a good space for a new city.
Hotel Europe is located at 8 Vladislava Skarića Street in the central part of Sarajevo's Stari Grad municipality.. It overlooks the Gazi-Husrev Beg's Bezistan and the ruins of the former Tašlihan while it is a short walking distance away from the Latin Bridge, Despić House, Baščaršija, Sahatkula, Ferhadija pedestrian promenade, and other sites of interest.
The Sebilj is an Ottoman -style wooden fountain (sebil) in the centre of Baščaršija Square in Sarajevo built by Mehmed Pasha Kukavica in 1753. It was relocated by the Austrian architect Alexander Wittek in 1891. [1] According to local legend, visitors who drink water from the fountain will return to Sarajevo someday. [2]
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Museum of Sarajevo, also Museum of the City of Sarajevo, is a museum of history and culture of Sarajevo, located in Stari Grad Municipality of the City of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The museum is operated by JU Muzej Sarajeva (Public Institution Museum of Sarajevo), and housed in 19th century Bosnian biographer, Kosta Hörmann 's Villa ...
The Siege of Sarajevo (Serbo-Croatian: Opsada Sarajeva) was a prolonged blockade of Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, during the Bosnian War. After it was initially besieged by the forces of the Yugoslav People's Army, the city was then besieged by the Army of Republika Srpska. Lasting from 5 April 1992 to 29 February 1996 (1,425 ...
Sarajevo Red Line (locally: Sarajevska Crvena Linija) is the name of the memorial event organized in cooperation between the City of Sarajevo and East West Theatre Company which commemorated the Siege of Sarajevo 's 20th anniversary. It was held April 6, 2012, in the main Sarajevo street and it consisted of a large chair installation, street ...