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Cityscape of Sarajevo with terracotta rooftops and a wooden mosque minaret set against hazy mountains

Sarajevo Part 3

Sarajevo - Part 3

Woman waiting at a bus stop in front of a historic stone building with classical statues
Exterior view of a cafe in Sarajevo.
Two white SUVs parked in front of a brick building.
Tall stone minaret with dark conical spire and partial dome against clear blue sky
Stone minaret and domed mosque against a clear blue sky
Ottoman mosque with tall stone minaret and lead domes in Sarajevo against forested mountains
Barbed wire fence in foreground with white cemetery headstones and green hills

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.

Hillside houses with terracotta and patched metal roofs overlooking a sprawling city and hazy mountains, with a blue car parked on a narrow street
Ottoman-style white headstones in a hillside cemetery overlooking Sarajevo
Unfinished brick house with circular and arched window openings under construction in a residential neighborhood
Cityscape of Sarajevo with terracotta rooftops and a wooden mosque minaret set against hazy mountains
Weathered house with mixed terracotta tile and wooden shingle roof on a grassy hillside overlooking a sprawling city
narrow hillside residential street with red tiled roof houses and overhead power lines
Black and white photo of a power pole with numerous wires against a backdrop of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
panoramic cityscape of Sarajevo nestled among hills with modern skyline and mountains
Cityscape of Sarajevo at dusk with apartment buildings, a skyscraper, forested hills and a telecommunications tower under an overcast sky
Cityscape of Sarajevo nestled in a mountainous valley under dramatic cloudy skies at dusk
Historic building tower with patinated copper dome against deep blue evening sky
Ornate stone cathedral with green tiled dome and white spires against clear blue sky
Modern glass skyscraper against a gradient sunset sky with silhouetted street lamps and overhead wires
People dining and socializing outside a restaurant on a cobblestone pedestrian street at twilight
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
Hillside cityscape with red-tiled roofs and a tall white mosque minaret surrounded by lush green trees

Sarajevo - Part 1

Narrow sunlit street lined with old houses in a historic residential neighborhood

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Cityscape of Sarajevo with terracotta rooftops and a wooden mosque minaret set against hazy mountains

Sarajevo - Part 3

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