Gazi-Husrev Beg's Bezistan

Eric Clarks Travel Videos - Sarajevo Bosnia - Taslihan, Old Caravan-Saray Gazi Husrev-Beg

Eric Clarks Travel Videos - Sarajevo Bosnia - Taslihan, Old Caravan-Saray Gazi Husrev-Beg

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The remains of Tašlihana
Tašlihan (a stone han han ) is a former caravan-saray that was located at the site of the current hotel Evro in Sarajevo . He is the third most expensive stone caravan-saray in Sarajevo. It was built in the period from 1540 to 1543. from the legacy of Gazi Husrev-beg after his death. It was taken over by Gazi Husrev-beg's Bezistan , from its western side. There was a square base, 47 meters long. In his yard he had a horseshoe (stone fountain) on whose poles it was a small mosque . On the floor there were room for the passengers. Domestic and foreign traders had their actions within Tašlihana. It is considered that this caravan-sara has served more trade than passenger traffic. The fire from 1879 had severely damaged Tašlihan and made it unusable.

As part of the renovation, reconstruction and upgrading of the hotel Evropa, from June 5 to July 13, 1998, archaeological research was carried out in the part of the summer garden of the hotel. During the research, part of the foundations and massive walls of Han was discovered. [1]
2007 Archaeological area - the remains of Tašlihana were proclaimed a national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

BAŠ-ČARŠIJA - S A R A J E V O - OLD TOWN ( 1462 - 2014) EPP

HAN ISA-BEGA ISHAKOVIĆA
Baščaršija (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 Isaković founded the town. The word Baščaršija derives from the Turkish language. The word baš which is baş in Turkish literally means head, in some contexts however also primary, main, capital and čaršija which is çarşı in Turkish means bazaar or market. Due to the large fire in the 19th century, today Baščaršija is half the size that it once was.
Baščaršija is located on the north bank of the river Miljacka, in the municipality of Stari Grad. On Baščaršija there are several important historic buildings, such as the Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque and sahat-kula. Today Baščaršija is the major tourist attraction of Sarajevo.
Before the arrival of the Ottomans in the largest settlement on Sarajevo field was the village square Tornik, which was located at the crossroad of the roads where today is the Ali Pasha's Mosque. Baščaršija was built in 1462 when Isa-Beg Isaković built the Ishaković han, in addition to its many shops. At that time, most of the inhabitants of Sarajevo lived in the vicinity of the Emperor's Mosque. Therefore, Isa-Beg Isaković built a bridge across the Miljacka to focus the main Sarajevo suburb and a new economic center of the city, Baščaršija.
Around the main entrance, the Bazerdžani čaršija was formed. The čaršija Kazaz is situated to the west, and to the north sit both the čaršija Sedlar and Sarača. The most significant buildings constructed during this period are the mosques. Baščaršija's famous mosque was built by Havedža Durak in 1528, and Gazi Husrev-beg built his mosque in 1530.
Gazi Husrev-Beg raises a madrassa, a library, a haniqah, the Gazi Husrev-Beg Hamam, the Gazi Husrev-Beg bezistan, the Morića Han, sahat-kula and other tourist attractions in Baščaršija. Gazi Husrev-Beg was buried in the harem of his mosque, beside the harem is the Türbe of his freed slave and the first mutevelija of his vakuf Murat-beg Tardić.
At this time a number of commercial facilities was built, such as bezistans, hans, and caravanserais. Sarajevo was an important center of trade in the Balkans and had three bezistans (today the Gazi Husrev-Beg and Brusa bezistans are still standing). There were colonies of Venetian and Ragusan traders, and Baščaršija had approximately 12,000 commercial and craft shops. After the earthquake in 1640 and several fires in 1644 and 1656, Sarajevo was 1697 burned and devastated by the troops of Prince Eugene of Savoy. Travel writer Evliya Çelebi wrote: The čaršija has in everything, one thousand and eighty stores that are a model of beauty. The čaršija is very attractive and built according to plan.
The city of Sarajevo didn't еxpand significantly until the 19th century. With the Austro-Hungarian occupation in 1878, foreign architects wanted to re-build Sarajevo into a modern European city. A fire contributed to this process; it destroyed parts of the Stari Grad, and that is how the well-known boundary between Baščaršija and the street Ferhadija was made.
During the Anti-Serb riots of Sarajevo in June 1914, violent mobs looted and vandalized several Serb-owned shops in Baščaršija as well as other parts of the city.
With the liberation of Sarajevo in 1945 after the Second World War, a committee decided that the market should be gradually demolished, believing that it had no role in a modern city. However, the plans were cancelled, and the buildings were left standing.

Alifakovac, počivalište starih sarajevskih dobrotvora i učenjaka

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Projekat podržava Ministarstvo kulture i sporta Kantona Sarajevo.

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Sarajevo susret kultura

“Sarajevo Meeting of Cultures” is the message of an inlaid marker on Ferhadija St., near Gazi Husrev Bey’s Bezistan. This is the spot where two dominant cultures that once shaped Sarajevo merge.

In essence, what can be seen clearly about Sarajevo is that this is a city that connects East and West – not only as different halves of the world, but also culturally – with the East considered Ottoman and Islamic and the West seen as Austro-Hungarian and Christian.

Their most obvious encounters are visible when one looks them straight “in the face” in the city’s architecture.

The location of the marker, “Sarajevo – Meeting-place of Cultures”, is unique in that it is right where these two cultural influences clearly meet and it seems to be the very spot in town where, with one step, you can cross from one culture to another.

As you stand on this spot, on your “eastern” side you have Gazi Husrev Bey’s Bezistan, Slatko Ćoše (Sweet Corner), Sarači Street… and, actually, this is where Baščaršija starts, with its Eastern look, aromas and so on.

If you turn toward the other side, toward “the west”, you’ll be met by Ferhadija St., which is lined on both sides by the many structures that were built in a more Western style, during the time of Austro-Hungarian rule.

Gazi Husrev-begov vakuf

BOSNIAN MOSQUE ALIPASINO SARAJEVO

Hamam - javno kupatilo u Sarajevu

Stoljeće nakon gašenja prvog i najvećeg javnog kupatila u BiH, Sarajevo ponovo dobija hamam. Poznat još i kao Carev hamam, kojem su istoriju ispisali utemeljitelj Sarajeva Isa-beg Ishaković, a potom i čuveni arhitekta Josip Vancaš, ovaj objekat, inače pod zaštitom države, od aprila bi trebao biti novi atribut u turističkoj ponudi glavnog grada BiH.

Sarajevo, old town Baščaršija and city centre at Night

Baščaršija (Cyrillic script: 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 Isaković founded the town.[1] The word Baščaršija derives from the Turkish language. The word baš which is baş in Turkish literally means head, in some contexts however also primary, main, capital and čaršija which is çarşı in Turkish means bazaar or market.[Due to the large fire in the 19th century, today Baščaršija is half the size that it once was.

Baščaršija is located on the north bank of the river Miljacka, in the municipality of Stari Grad. On Baščaršija there are several important historic buildings, such as the Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque and sahat-kula. Today Baščaršija is the major tourist attraction of Sarajevo.

Before the arrival of the Ottomans in the largest settlement on Sarajevo field was the village square Tornik, which was located at the crossroad of the roads where today is the Ali Pasha's Mosque. Baščaršija was built in 1462 when Isa-Beg Isaković built the Ishaković han, in addition to its many shops. At that time, most of the inhabitants of Sarajevo lived in the vicinity of the Emperor's Mosque. Therefore, Isa-Beg Isaković built a bridge across the Miljacka to focus the main Sarajevo suburb and a new economic center of the city, Baščaršija.

Gazi Husrev-Beg raises a madrassa, a library, a haniqah, the Gazi Husrev-Beg Hamam, the Gazi Husrev-Beg bezistan, the Morića Han, sahat-kula and other tourist attractions in Baščaršija. Gazi Husrev-Beg was buried in the harem of his mosque, beside the harem is the Türbe of his freed slave and the first mutevelija of his vakuf Murat-beg Tardić.

Along with Islamic places of worship erected at that time, Baščaršija is also location of Old Orthodox Church, built sometimes during 16th century and first mentioned in Ottoman sources from 1539, and also first Sephardi temple called Old Synagogue which is built between 1581 and 1587. Just next to the Old Synagogue (Bosnian: Stari Hram = Old Temple) some time later was built New Synagogue (Bosnian: Novi Hram = New Temple). However today entire Jewish community uses latest erected synagogue, Ashkenazim synagogue just across the Miljacka river, while both Old and New synagogue buildings are used as Jewish cultural centers. Now, building of the New Synagogue was donated by Jewish community to the city of Sarajevo and serves as gallery named Novi Hram ever since, meanwhile Old Synagogue building is turned into home for the Jewish Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is considered to be the finest exhibition space in the whole of ex-Yugoslavia.

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Caravansérail Morica Han.MOV

Instant paisible de détente dans le quartier ottoman de Sarajevo.

[TRIPofJHL] Trip to Sarajevo

Traveling Sarajevo, Bosna i Hercegovina(Bosnia and Herzegovina).

The capital city of the country.
- Mixed culture of Croatian(Catholic), Serbian(Orthodox) and Bosnian(Muslim).
- World War I caused by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria near Latin Bridge of Sarajevo.
- Severely damaged during Yugoslav Wars in 1990s.
- Sarajevo Film Festival of BiH is famous globally.
- Hosted 1984 Winter Olympics.

Latinska ćuprija(Latin Bridge) | Vijećnica(City Hall) | Gazi Husrev-begov bezistan | Morića han | Gazi Husrev-begova džamija(Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque) | Sebilj | Sarači Street | Ferhadija Street | Sarajevo Meeting of Cultures | Katedrala Srca Isusova(Sacred Heart Cathedral) | Vječna vatra(Eternal Fire) | BBI Centar(BBI Center) | Pijaca Markale (Market Markale) | Gradska tržnica(City Market) | Akademija likovnih umjetnosti Sarajevo(The Academy of Fine Arts Sarajevo) | Tunel Spasa (Tunnel of Hope a.k.a. Sarajevo Tunnel) | Žuta tabija (Yellow Bastion) | Sarajevska pivara (Sarajevo Brewery) | Pivnica HS


Traveling Europe in August, 2016.

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[TRIPofJHL] 사라예보 여행..

보스니아헤르체고비나 사라예보 시내여행.

BiH의 수도인 사라예보.
- 크로아티아계(가톨릭), 세르비아계(정교회), 보스니아계(무슬림)의 문화가 공존하는 도시.
- 사라예보 라틴다리 근처에서 오스트리아-헝가리 제국의 프란츠 페르디난드 대공이 암살됨으로써 제1차세계대전이 발발하는 계기가 되었다.
- 1990년대의 유고슬라비아 내전으로 심각한 피해를 겪었다.
- 국제적으로는 사라예보영화제가 유명하다.
- 1984 동계올림픽 개최.

이 영상은 사라예보 여행정보 가이드라기 보다는 도시의 분위기를 느낄 수 있는 여러 장소에 대한 짧은 소개를 제공한다.


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2016년 8월 유럽 여행.
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Viaggio nei Balcani. Sarajevo (BOS). 00171 - moschea ali pascia

VIAGGIO NEI BALCANI
Attraverso luoghi e popoli, alla ricerca di un messaggio di pace.

Viaggerò 100 giorni, con la speranza di arrivare il più in là possibile, col miraggio dell'Iran che molto probabilmente rimarrà un miraggio. Rispetto alla prima bozza dell'itinerario fuori cose a cui non sono interessato tipo Medjugorje e dentro, ancora più concreta, la voglia di capire a distanza di 20 anni cosa sia cambiato e cosa sia rimasto immutato dalle guerre jugoslave.
E allora un altro inverno pieno di video sconclusionati ma che tanto piacciono a quei pochi che li guardano e via di nuovo con la bandiera della pace che girerà zone martoriate a causa di contrasti e differenze.

Sempre...
...alla ricerca di un messaggio di pace da diffondere al mondo intero.

Pace, amore e fantasia!

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Saraybosna-Sarajevo Sebij Başçarşı-Bursa bedesten Morica han

Sebij ve Başçarşı, Bursa bedesten (Brusa bezistan) Saraybosna da Osmanlıdan kalma çok fazla eser korunmuş, bakım yapılmıştır. Saraybosna da Gazi Hüsrev Bey cami, medresesi, türbesi, Ali paşa camisi, Hünkâr (Fatih) Camisi Osmanlı eserleridir. Osmanlı kalesi (Beyaz tabya) biraz ulaşımı zor da olsa görülmeli. Bunun dışında Latin köprüsü ve nehir kıyısındaki Şehir belediye binası değişik mimarisi ile görülmeli. Osmanlıdan kalma Morica han da dinlenmek için oturup bir kahve içmek için güzel bir yerdir

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Viaggio verso Sarajevo per sei giorni passando per Zagabria. EPICO.

Sarajevo Free Walking tour - Meet Bosnia Travel

We start every day at 10:30 in our office, which is located on the crossroad of Gazi Husrev begova (Jewerly) street and Mula Mustafa Baseskija street. Discover Sarajevo in two hours walking tour. Highlights: Bascarsija - Sebilj wooden fountain - Oldest street in Sarajevo - City Hall - Old Orthodox Church - Cathedral of Sacred Jesus Heart - Synagogue - Gazi Husrev-bey Mosque - Unique Clock Tower - Caravan Sarai - Old Madraasa - Old Bazaar - Bezistan market - Meeting of Cultures spot - Sarajevo Roses - Hotel Europe - Assasination spot - Latin Bridge
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Tašlihan

Virtualna prezentacija Tašlihana je kreirana sa ciljem da se javnost upozna sa originalnim izgledom ovog vrijednog objekta kulturnog naslijeđa, njegovom historijom i namjenom. Laboratorija za kompjutersku grafiku – Sarajevo Graphics Group sa Elektrotehničkog fakulteta u Sarajevu, kreirala je ovaj projekat u tri verzije: kao dokumentarnu priču, interaktivnu priču i ozbiljnu igru. Ovakva postavka projekta nam je omogućila da proširimo svoj naučnoistraživački rad u traganju za tehnikom virtuelne prezentacije kulturnog naslijeđa koja će odgovarati najvećem broju korisnika. Sve tri verzije sadrže virtuelni model Tašlihana, samo što je u dokumentarnu priču umontirana kompjuterska animacija modela, u interaktivnoj priči je on linkovan za jednu od potpriča, a u ozbiljnoj igri ga korisnik može vidjeti ako tačno odgovori na postavljena pitanja.
Dokumentarna priča je kombinacija starih fotografija, snimaka ostataka Tašlihana i ostalih objekata koje je izgradio Gazi Husref beg, crtanih ilustracija i kadrova kompjuterske animacije. Namijenjena je korisnicima koji nisu ljubitelji interakcije i virtuelne realnosti.
Interaktivna digitalna priča je implementacija novog koncepta digitalnog pripovijedanja, po našem mišljenju primjerenijeg modernom dobu, gdje se priča prezentira putem hijerarhijske strukture glavne priče i potpriča povezanih hiperlinkovima. Gledalac počinje sa glavnom pričom koja nudi najosnovnije informacije o Tašlihanu i njegovoj historiji, a pojedini aspekti su detaljnije opisani u potpričama koje su linkovane za glavnu priču. Tako oni gledaoci koji žele da se podrobnije upoznaju sa određenim temama, mogu pogledati potpriče, u prvom ili nekom budućem gledanju.
Koncept ozbiljne igre je sličan interaktivnoj digitalnoj priči, jedino što se kroz virtuelni model Tašlihana može prošetati samo ako se tačno odgovori na pitanja u vezi sa informacijama prezentiranim u pričama. Željeli smo provjeriti da li će ovo biti dodatna motivacija gledaocima da pažljivije slušaju priče i samim tim iz njih nešto nauče.

About the project

The aim of creating the Tašlihan virtual presentation is introducing the public with the original appearance of this valuable cultural heritage object, its history and purpose. Laboratory for Computer Graphics from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Sarajevo, Sarajevo Graphics Group, has implemented this project in three editions: as a documentary, interactive digital story and serious game. This setup of the project enabled us to enhance our scientific research looking for a virtual heritage presentation technique which would be most suitable for the majority of users. All 3 editions contain the virtual model of Tašlihan. In the documentary it is displayed through pre-rendered computer animation, in interactive story it is linked with a sub-story, while in serious game it can be accessed only if the user answers correctly to questions about the information presented in the stories.

The documentary is a sequence of old photos, recordings of present appearance of Tašlihan’s remains and other objects built by Gazi Husref bey, hand drawn illustrations and computer animation renderings. It is intended for users not so fond of interaction and virtual reality.

Interactive digital story is an implementation of our new digital storytelling concept, which we find more appropriate for the digital age and in which the story is presented through a hierarchy of main story and sub stories interconnected by hyperlinks. The viewer first sees the main story and discovers the summary information about Tašlihan and its history, while the particular aspects of the topic are presented in more details through sub stories linked to the main story. This way the viewers who would like to find out more about particular topics can watch the sub stories immediately or during the next visit to the site.

The serious game concept is similar to interactive story, except that the virtual model can be viewed only after correct answering to the questions related to the information presented in the stories. We wanted to prove that this will be an additional motivation to the users to be attentive to the stories and learn from them.

Projektni tim /Project team

Tekst za digitalne priče /Text for digital stories
Muhamed Mahmutović

Prevod /English translation
Ulvija Tanović, DIWAN Agency

Naratori /Narrators
Kenan Alagić
Selma Rizvić

3D modeliranje i web implementacija/3D modeling and web implementation
Bojan Kerouš, Irfan Prazina

Ilustracije /Illustrations
Mirsad Festa

Istraživanje historijskih činjenica/Historic research
Semir Hambo
Melina Mahmutović

Saradnik/Collaborator
Suad Karamustafić

Muzika/Music
Himzo Polovina - Dunjaluče golem ti si

Koordinator projekta / Project coordinator
Dr Selma Rizvic

Sarajevo, juni 2015.

Sarajevo | Wikipedia audio article

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:



00:03:34 1 Etymology
00:05:43 2 Environment
00:05:52 2.1 Geography
00:08:19 2.2 Cityscape
00:10:19 2.3 Climate
00:12:46 2.4 Air quality
00:13:48 3 History
00:13:57 3.1 Ancient times
00:15:40 3.2 Middle Ages
00:17:08 3.3 Ottoman era
00:21:22 3.4 Austria-Hungary
00:24:54 3.5 Yugoslavia
00:29:34 3.6 Siege of Sarajevo during Bosnian War
00:32:04 3.7 Present
00:32:48 4 Administration
00:32:57 4.1 Largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina
00:34:34 4.2 Municipalities and city government
00:36:00 5 Economy
00:38:24 6 Tourism and recreation
00:41:55 7 Demographics
00:46:30 8 Transportation
00:46:40 8.1 Roads and highways
00:48:20 8.2 Tram, bus and trolleybus
00:49:54 8.3 Future metro plans
00:50:35 8.4 Cable car (Mt. Trebević)
00:51:13 8.5 Airport
00:54:20 8.6 Railway
00:54:57 9 International relations
00:55:07 9.1 Twin towns – Sister cities
00:55:20 9.2 Fraternity cities
00:55:33 10 Communications and media
00:58:15 11 Education
01:00:22 12 Culture
01:02:02 12.1 Museums
01:04:47 12.2 Music
01:08:28 12.3 Festivals
01:10:36 12.4 Sports
01:14:07 13 Historical Sarajevo gallery
01:14:21 14 Modern Sarajevo gallery
01:14:35 15 Mountains and hills surrounding Sarajevo
01:14:50 16 See also
01:14:59 17 Notes



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Sarajevo (; Cyrillic: Сарајево, pronounced [sǎrajeʋo]; see names in other languages) is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its administrative limits. The Sarajevo metropolitan area, including Sarajevo Canton, East Sarajevo and nearby municipalities, is home to 555,210 inhabitants.a Nestled within the greater Sarajevo valley of Bosnia, it is surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of the Balkans.
Sarajevo is the political, financial, social and cultural center of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a prominent center of culture in the Balkans, with its region-wide influence in entertainment, media, fashion, and the arts.Due to its long and rich history of religious and cultural diversity, Sarajevo is sometimes called the Jerusalem of Europe or Jerusalem of the Balkans. It is one of only a few major European cities which have a mosque, Catholic church, Orthodox church and synagogue in the same neighborhood. A regional center in education, the city is home to the Balkans first institution of tertiary education in the form of an Islamic polytechnic called the Saraybosna Osmanlı Medrese, today part of the University of Sarajevo.Although settlement in the area stretches back to prehistoric times, the modern city arose as an Ottoman stronghold in the 15th century. Sarajevo has attracted international attention several times throughout its history. In 1885, Sarajevo was the first city in Europe and the second city in the world to have a full-time electric tram network running through the city, following San Francisco. In 1914, it was the site of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria by local Young Bosnia activist Gavrilo Princip that sparked World War I, which also ended Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and resulted in the creation of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Later, after World War II, the establishment of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina within the Second Yugoslavia led to a massive expansion of Sarajevo, the constituent republic's capital, which culminated with the hosting of the 1984 Winter Olympics marking a prosperous era for the city. However, after the start of the Yugoslav Wars, for 1,425 days, from April 1992 to February 1996, the city suffered the longest siege of a capital city in the history of modern warfare, during the Bosnian War and the breakup of Yugoslavia.Sarajevo has been undergoing post-war reconstruction, and is the fastest growing city in Bosnia ...