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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 ...
It was initially the largest and most representative building of the Austro-Hungarian period in Sarajevo and served as the city hall. [1] [2] The building was reopened on 9 May 2014. [3] It is the current seat and headquarters of the Mayor of Sarajevo, as well as the Sarajevo City Council.
The communists invested heavily in Sarajevo, building many new residential blocks in Novi Grad Municipality and Novo Sarajevo Municipality, while simultaneously developing the city's industry and transforming Sarajevo once again into one of the Balkans' chief cities. From a post-war population of 115,000, by the fall of Yugoslavia Sarajevo had ...
The center contained a state of the art movie theatre, numerous workshops, classrooms and an art gallery. In 1993, during the Siege of Sarajevo, the center was symbolically renamed the Bosnian Cultural Center. During subsequent years it has become the premier cultural center in Bosnia and Herzegovina, hosting weekly concerts, theatre ...
Baščaršija (Cyrillic: Башчаршија; pronounced [baʃ.tʃǎr.ʃi.ja]) is Sarajevo's old bazaar and the historical and cultural center of the city. Baščaršija was built in the 15th century when Isa-Beg Ishaković founded the city. [1] Baščaršija is located on the north bank of the river Miljacka, in the municipality of Stari Grad.