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  • Ivan Ivo Andrić, Nobel Prize in Literature, 1961 (1892 - 1975)
    Ivo Andrić (Dolac kod Travnika, 9. listopada 1892. - 13. ožujka 1975., Beograd) srpski[1][2] i hrvatski[3][1][4] pjesnik, prozaik, književnik i diplomat iz Bosne i Hercegovine,...
  • Vladimir Prelog, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1975 (1906 - 1998)
    The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1975 was divided equally between John Warcup Cornforth "for his work on the stereochemistry of enzyme-catalyzed reactions" and Vladimir Prelog "for his research into the st...

Sarajevo cultural centre of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo is famous for its traditional religious diversity, with adherents of Islam, Orthodoxy, Catholicism and Judaism coexisting there for centuries. Due to this long and rich history of religious diversity, Sarajevo has often been called the “Jerusalem of Europe” or “Jerusalem of the Balkans”.

Where East meets West

Where mountains meet the sea

Where many cultures have built one

A country where adventure is the rule

  • Ivo Andric (Nobel prize for literature in 1961)
  • Vladimir Prelog (Nobel Prize for research within chemistry 1975).  
  • Danis Tanović winner of the Oscar from this region (2002) for the best movie in the category of non-English speaking countries.


Ancient Times


Middle Ages


Others meanwhile say that Vrhbosna was a major city located in the middle of modern day Sarajevo. Indeed, Papal documents say that in 1238, a Cathedral to Saint Paul was built in the city. Even disciples of the famous Saints Cyril and Methodius had stopped by the region, establishing a church at “Vrelobosna”.

Early Ottoman Era




Late Ottoman Sarajevo



Sarajevo in the Habsburg Empire



World War l

In the event that triggered the World War I, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg were assassinated in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914 by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip.

Yugoslavia - History of Modern Sarajevo






One of the most valuable Jewish exhibit illustrated Hebrew codex called "The Sarajevo Hagaddah", is kept within the National Museum of Bosnia-Herzegovina confirming traditional tolerance and mutual respect of different nations in Bosnia-Herzegovina.


In comparison to that time Europe, Sarajevo enjoyed significant cultural prestige.  Only thirteen years upon the first electric power plant in New York, a part of Sarajevo streets was lightened by electric power (1895).


The Siege of Sarajevo 1992 - 1996

The Siege of Sarajevo is the longest siege of a capital city in the history of modern warfare. Bosnia and Herzegovina had declared independence from Yugoslavia, the Serbs, whose strategic goal was to create a new Serbian State of Republika Srpska (RS) that would include part of the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina, encircled Sarajevo and blockaded the city. The Bosnian government defence forces inside the besieged city were poorly equipped and unable to break the siege.

After the war, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) convicted three Serb officials for numerous crimes against humanity for the siege. Stanislav Galić, Dragomir Milošević, Momčilo Perišić.

The recent Bosnian War resulted in large scale destruction and dramatic population shifts during the siege of the city between 1992 and 1995. See Siege of Sarajevo. Reconstruction of Sarajevo started as soon as the war ended in 1995. By 2003 most of the city was rebuilt, with only a few remaining visible ruins in the city center.