Baščaršija Square

Sebil fountain in Baščaršija square and Baščaršija Džamija (Havadža Durak Mosque). Built ca. 1528, the mosque was founded by mullah Durak. The Sebilj is described as "a pseudo-Ottoman-style wooden fountain (sebil) in the centre of Baščaršija Square in Sarajevo." It is realatively recent for Sarajevo, constructed in 1913. It was modeled on a nearby fountain built by Mehmed Pasha Kukavica in 1753, now lost. EE1975189p1

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

Joined	June 17th 2019	Trips	45
Last Login	April 29th 2024	Followers	10
Status	BLOGGER	Follows	15
Blogs	287	Guestbook	247
Photos	7,113	Forum Posts	27