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Sarajevo (/ ˌ s ær ə ˈ j eɪ v oʊ / SARR-ə-YAY-voh) [5] is the capital [6] and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its administrative limits. [7] [4] The Sarajevo metropolitan area including Sarajevo Canton, East Sarajevo and nearby municipalities is home to 555,210 inhabitants.
The style contrasted markedly with the urban ambient of Bosnian cities at the time, as can be seen in Sarajevo (National Library and City Hall), Mostar Gymnasium and Travnik (Retirement Home). The first Bosnian artists were educated in large European academies in Vienna , Munic , Prague , Kraków , Budapest and Paris , thanks to scholarships of ...
The city has a long history of street art that was first tied to various subcultures in the 1970s and 1980s. During the Bosnian war political and anti-war street art was one of the main artistic focal points of the besieged city. [2] Today, Sarajevo is a European center for street art and hosts two international festivals dedicated to the art ...
The population of Stari Grad is 36,976, making it the least populous of Sarajevo's four municipalities. Its population density of 742.5 inhabitants per km 2 also ranks it last among the four. Stari Grad contains numerous hotels and tourist attractions including the Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque, Emperor's Mosque, the Sarajevo Cathedral and more.
Sarajevo: 1963: 2012 [5] Award-winning building designed in the 20th century by architect Boris Magaš. Building: Sarajevo National Theatre: Sarajevo: 1921: declared: Sarajevo National Theatre. Religious-Islamic Čelebića mosque in Donja Bijenja: Nevesinje: early 16th century declared Religious-Islamic: Ferhat Pasha Mosque: Banja Luka: 16th ...
On its north-west corner, the new British Embassy Sarajevo has been built. [2] Grbavica II, between Grbavica I and Hrasno, hosts the Grbavica Shopping Centre and the Ummu Arif Zabadne Mosque. South of Zagrebačka street are Grbavica Stadium, home of FK Željezničar, and the Catholic Church of St. Ignatius (Crkva Sv.Ignacija Lojolskog).