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Sarajevo cityscape with minaret and rooftops.

Sarajevo – Part 3

Woman waiting at a bus stop in Sarajevo, flanked by statues holding globes.
Exterior view of a cafe in Sarajevo.
Two white SUVs parked in front of a brick building.
Minaret of a mosque against a blue sky.
Stone mosque in Sarajevo with a tall minaret.
Careva Mosque in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Barbed wire in front of a blurred background of a hillside cemetery and distant city.

1984, the year of the Winter Olympics, Sarajevo respectively Bosnia-Herzegovina was still part of Yugoslavia.

In March 1992 Bosnia and Herzegovina declared independence and was subsequently admitted as a member state of the United Nations. In April 1992, Bosnia War began in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Yugoslav Wars. In which tens of thousands of people lost their lives.

Sarajevo was defeated by Serb forces of the Republika Srpska and the Yugoslav People’s Army from 5 April 1992 to 29 February 1996. The occupation period of almost four years (1,425 days) holds the sad record as the longest siege of a capital city in the history of modern warfare.

During this time 11,541 people lost their lives.

A blue car parked on a Sarajevo street, overlooking a city with hazy mountains in the background.
Black and white photo of a Sarajevo cemetery overlooking a city.
Unfinished brick house under construction with a dark roof.
Sarajevo cityscape with minaret and rooftops.
A dilapidated house with a damaged red tile roof overlooks a city in Bosnia.
Narrow Sarajevo alleyway between houses.
Black and white photo of a power pole with numerous wires against a backdrop of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Sarajevo skyline viewed from a hill, featuring a modern skyscraper and a distant television tower.
Night cityscape of Sarajevo with buildings and a hilltop tower.
Sarajevo cityscape at dusk, viewed from a distance, with hazy mountains in the background.
Low-angle view of an ornate building in Sarajevo at dusk.
Low-angle view of a building in Bosnia with a green dome and ornate detailing.
Silhouette of a modern building at sunset with streetlights and power lines.
People seated at outdoor tables at a restaurant in Sarajevo at night.
Illuminated wooden gazebo at night in Sarajevo, with a mosque minaret in the background.
Sarajevo's Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque minaret and clock tower at night.
Two stone church towers at night, illuminated from below.
A single lit window in a dark, yellow house at night.
Sarajevo
Postcard view of Sarajevo, featuring a hillside densely packed with houses and a tall minaret.
Sarajevo – Part 1
Sarajevo is the buzzing capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Narrow Sarajevo street with aged buildings.
Sarajevo – Part 2
Architectural diversity and a breathtaking panoramic view.
Sarajevo cityscape with minaret and rooftops.
Sarajevo – Part 3
Sarajevo in the last rays of light of the day.

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