Sarajevo Bazaar

Market street in Baščaršija. "... the Bazaar ( Čarsija), the focus of business, most lively on Wed., when the natives come from long distances to attend the market. The bazaar consists of a labyrinth of more than 50 lanes, flanked with wooden booths, behind which are warehouses of solid stone. Shoemakers, tailors, greengrocers, saddlers, coppersmiths, second-hand dealers, and in fact every trade and handicraft, have their own allotted part of the bazaar. The copper wares, the silver filigree-work, the linen interwoven with threads of gold and silver, and the carpets are particularly attractive ..."--Baedeker 1911. EE1975190p1