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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.
Populated places in Stari Grad, Sarajevo (1 C, 12 P) Pages in category "Stari Grad, Sarajevo" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
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.
The part of the Bistrik, large neighborhood in the Stari Grad municipality, which spread on the left bank of the Miljacka river on the slopes of Trebević mountain, where the Franciscan friary and the votive church of St. Anthony of Padua are located, used to be called Latinluk (transl. Latin quarter), implying a presence of the Roman Catholic faithful in that part of the Bistrik neighborhood.
The "Imperial Road" (Carska Džada), road from Sarajevo via Višegrad to Istanbul, led over Vratnik for centuries. [3] Up until the brief but devastating terror-raid of Prince Eugene of Savoy in 1697, when the city was sacked and numerous buildings burnt and rest of it severely damaged, Sarajevo was an open city.
Trg oslobođenja - Alija Izetbegović is a square in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It lies between the municipalities Stari Grad and Centar. It links the main pedestrian thoroughfare of the Sarajevo old town, Ferhadija street, with Zelenih Beretki street, with the Dom Armije (1881).
The Sarajevo Canton contains Sarajevo and its metro area. Since the city is the largest in Bosnia and Herzegovina, it is also one of the most populous Cantons of Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to the 2013 population census, the overall population of Sarajevo Canton is 413.593. 84% of population are ethnic Bosniaks, 4,2% Croats, and 3,2% Serbs.
Ferhadija street is one of main pedestrian streets in Sarajevo, located in the municipalities of Centar and Stari Grad.The street is named after Ferhad-bey Vuković-Desisalić, a Bosnian sanjak-bey who lived in the 16th century.