Careva (Sultan Fatih's) Mosque is the oldest mosque in Sarajevo and one of the oldest of its kind in BiH. It was built soon after Sarajevo was established (around 1460) with funds provided by the city’s founder, the Ottoman... More
Gazi Husrev Bey's Mosque, better known as Bey's Mosque, was built in 1530 and is located right in the center of Baščaršija. It is surrounded by many shops and the streets, Sarači, Ćurčiluk Veliki, Čizmedžiluk&nb... More
Gazi Husrev Bey's Mosque, or Bey's Mosque, is one of the most important Islamic structures in Sarajevo and represents only a portion of the vakuf (endowment) set up by Gazi Husrev Bey, a leading figure in Sarajevo’s history. More
In the northeast corner of the courtyard of Ali Pasha's Mosque are two sarcophagi with headstones that bear the names of the deceased in Arabic and Cyrillic. More
That Sarajevo occupies an area that has long been inhabited is testified to by the many remains left by the Butmir Civilization, Illyrians, Romans, the medieval Slavic state.... And, from the very moment when the Ottoman military... More
When Gazi Husrev Bey, the Ottoman Governor and Sarajevo’s greatest and most important benefactor, arrived in the city on the Miljacka in 1521, he immediately set to work having the city’s most important structures buil... More
The Sarajevo mosque, Čobanija (located at the intersection of Skenderija, Čobanija and Hamdije Kreševljakovića Streets), has been made a National Monument of BiH. More
Sarajevo's cultural scene has plenty to offer, so during your stay in the capital city of BiH we definitely recommend that you attend some of the interesting events taking place in Sarajevo's museums, galleries, theaters, concert... More
Sarajevo is a city that has had a turbulent past and in a little more than a century it was part of eight different states: the Ottoman Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire; the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs; the Kingdom of S... More
Gazi Husrev Bey was Ottoman Governor of BiH in the 16th century and with the construction of his medresa, which was founded on January 8, 1537 (Rajab 26, 943), he put the finishing touches on a complex he bequeathed to Saraje... More
Journalist and acting director of TVSA, Kristina Ljevak, is engaged in many cultural projects, as President of Zvono (Association for the Affirmation of Culture and the Arts), editor for Buybook publishing house, and spokeswoman f... More
Baščaršija is the old part of Sarajevo and during the Ottoman period it was the main artery of the city – the main trading area and an epicenter for nearly all of the important social goings-on. More
Sarajevo was laid out in such a way that Baščaršija was built in a valley, where it became the center of handicrafts and trade, while the residential areas of old Sarajevo, the mahalas, were built on the slopes of su... More
The Miljacka River flows through Sarajevo, dividing the city into two “halves” – the southern side and northern side or, as Sarajevans prefer to call them, the Bistrik (mildewy and damp) side and the Vratnik (sun... More
Nađa Lutvikadić-Fočo, a familiar face at BH Telecom and its Head of Promotions, grew up in Sarajevo's residential settlement of Velešići, but had a chance to live in different parts of this city. More
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