15 Sights in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (with Map and Images)

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Explore interesting sights in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 15 sights are available in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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1. Sacred Heart Cathedral

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The Sacred Heart Cathedral is a Catholic church in Sarajevo; commonly referred as the Sarajevo Cathedral, it is the largest cathedral in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Vrhbosna, currently Cardinal Tomo Vukšić, and center of Catholic worship in the city. The cathedral is located in the city's Old Town district.

Wikipedia: Sacred Heart Cathedral, Sarajevo (EN), Website

A sebil or sabil is a small kiosk in the Islamic architectural tradition where water is freely dispensed to members of the public by an attendant behind a grilled window. The term is sometimes also used to refer to simple unmanned fountains with a tap for drinking water, though other names often exist for such fountains.

Wikipedia: Sebil (fountain) (EN)

3. City Hall

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City Hall I would appreciate being notified if you use my work outside Wikimedia. More of my work can be found in my personal gallery. / CC BY 3.0

Sarajevo City Hall, known as Vijećnica, is located in the city of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was designed in 1891 by the Czech architect Karel Pařík, but criticisms by the minister, Baron Béni Kállay, caused him to stop working on the project. It was initially the largest and most representative building of the Austro-Hungarian period in Sarajevo and served as the city hall.

Wikipedia: Vijećnica (EN)

4. Ashkenazi Synagogue

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Sarajevo Synagogue is Sarajevo's primary and largest synagogue and is located on the south bank of the river Miljacka. It was constructed in 1902 and remains the only functioning synagogue in Sarajevo today.

Wikipedia: Sarajevo Synagogue (EN)

5. Inat kuća

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Inat kućaPudelek (Marcin Szala) / CC BY-SA 3.0

Inat's house, a hammock in Sarajevo, not far from Bashikash, was originally built where a city hall was to be built, and is now standing on the other side of Miraka River. In order to build the facilities of the town hall on Must-prajdan in the Danish city between 1892 and 1894. In, two men and a private house were to be demolished. The Han Chinese were demolished while the owner of the old Bendery asked him to pay for the biscuit conduit, except that the house was moved to each daughter, to another coast of Milaker, opposite the council. So does uranium, because the incarnation of the homeowner, known as the Inat home. Today, Nanat's house is used as a restaurant with traditional Bosnian cuisine.

Wikipedia: Inat kuća (BS)

6. Umjetnička galerija Bosne i Hercegovine

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The National Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a national gallery of art in Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in Sarajevo. The gallery was established on October 11, 1946, and contains over 6000 pieces of art. Its main focus are the works of Bosnian and Herzegovinian interest. The gallery was open and held exhibitions during the whole period of the siege of Sarajevo and the Bosnian war in 1992-1995. However, afterwards it received considerably less funding due to the failure of the government of Bosnia and Herzegovina to recognize the gallery as a national institution.

Wikipedia: National Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina (EN)

7. Museum of the Jews of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Museum of the Jews of Bosnia and Herzegovina Małgorzata Płoszaj / CC BY-SA 2.5

The Museum of the Jews of Bosnia and Herzegovina is part of the Sarajevo Museum located in the area of the former Old Temple, in the oldest synagogue in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Commission for the Preservation of National Monuments, at its session held from 7 to 11 October 2003, decided to declare the Museum of jews as a national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This decision was adopted by the Commission in the following composition: Zeynep Ahunbay, Amra Hadžimuhamedović (chair), Dubravko Lovrenović, Ljiljana Ševo and Tina Wik.

Wikipedia: Muzej Jevreja Bosne i Hercegovine (BS)

8. War childhood museum

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The War Childhood Museum is a historical museum in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina that opened in January 2017. The museum presents the experiences of children who lived through the war in Bosnia, told through objects, video testimonies, and excerpts from oral histories. The 2018 Council of Europe Museum Prize, one of the most prestigious awards in the museum industry, was awarded to the War Childhood Museum as part of the 2018 European Museum of the Year Award.

Wikipedia: War Childhood Museum (EN), Website

9. Istiklal džamija

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Istiklal Mosque is one of the largest mosques in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was named after Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta, the national mosque of Indonesia, since the mosque was a gift from the Indonesian people and government for Bosnia and Herzegovina as a token of solidarity and friendship between the two nations. The name "istiqlal" is Arabic word for "independence", thus it is also meant to commemorate the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Wikipedia: Istiklal Mosque, Sarajevo (EN)

10. Museum of Literature and Theater Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Museum of Literature and Theater Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Museum of Literature and Theater Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a literary art museum in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was established under the name Museum of Literature of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1961 on the idea of then curator of literary collections in the Museum of Sarajevo, writer Razija Handžić, the future director. In 1970, the Theater Department was founded and added to the Museum of Literature.

Wikipedia: Museum of Literature and Theater Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina (EN)

11. Ferhadija Mosque

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Ferhadija Mosque, also known as Ferhat Pasha Mosque, is a central building in the city of Sarajevo built by Bosnian Sanjak-bey (governor) Ferhad-beg Vuković, a descendant of the famous mediaeval Vuković family. This mosque has one dome above the prayer area and three small domes at the cloister and is one of the greatest achievements of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s 16th century Ottoman and Islamic architecture.

Wikipedia: Ferhadija Mosque in Sarajevo (EN)

12. Sarajevo Clock Tower

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The Sarajevo Clock Tower is a clock tower in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located beside Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque and is the tallest of 21 clock towers built in the country at 30 m. The clock shows lunar time, in which the hands indicate 12 o'clock at the moment of sunset, the time of the Muslim Maghrib prayer. A caretaker sets the clock's time manually once a week.

Wikipedia: Sarajevo Clock Tower (EN)

13. Zgrada željezničke stanice Bistrik

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The bistrik railway station building was built after the Austro-Hungarian authorities connected Sarajevo with Slavonski Brod and Budapest by rail in 1882. At that time, there was a need to connect the eastern parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina with Sarajevo, where, along the border with Serbia, military garrisons were stationed.

Wikipedia: Zgrada željezničke stanice Bistrik (BS)

14. Hadžijska džamija

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The Vekil-Harrach or Hadžijska mosque is a mosque in the city of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in Alifakovac, a neighborhood in Babića bašća local community, one of the oldest urban settlements in Sarajevo.

Wikipedia: Hadžijska Mosque (EN)

15. Crkva svetog Vinka Paulskoga

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Crkva svetog Vinka Paulskoga

The Church of St. Vincent of Paul is a Gothic Roman Catholic church in central Sarajevo. It is dedicated to St. Vinko Paulski. The church is located within the monastery buildings of the Sisters of Mercy.

Wikipedia: Crkva sv. Vinka Paulskog u Sarajevu (HR)

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