Church of Our Lady of Olovo

Crkva Uznesenja Marijina = Church of Our Lady of Olovo. Built in 1930-1938 on the site of a 14th Century monastery. The church is a Marian pilgrimage site. EE1975181

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Sarajevo

August 7th 1975
I knew of Sarajevo as the place where World War I was touched off by Gavrilo's Princip's assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914. Princip was a Serb desiring the unification of the Balkan states. (Bosnia and Herzegovinga, where Sarajevo is located, wanted independence from Austria-Hungary, but not union with Serbia and the other Balkan states.) The assassination was considered by Yugo ... read more

Europe » Bosnia & Herzegovina » East » Sarajevo

Bosnia and Herzegovina's declaration of sovereignty in October 1991, was followed by a declaration of independence from the former Yugoslavia on 3 March 1992 after a referendum boycotted by ethnic Serbs. The Bosnian Serbs - supported by neighboring S... ... read more

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