City Hall

Sarajevo City Hall, known as Vijećnica, is located in the city of , Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was designed in 1891 by the Czech architect Karel Pařík, but criticisms by the minister, Baron Béni Kállay, caused him to stop working on the project.
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  • Type: Monument
  • Description: city hall in Sarajevo
  • Also known as: “City Hall, the historic building”, “Sarajevo City Hall”, “Vijećnica”, “Vijećnica (Sarajevo)”, “Vijećnica in Sarajevo”, and “Vijećnica Sarajevo”
  • Address: Brodac 1
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Šeher-ćehaja Bridge and Emperor’s Mosque.

Bridge
Photo: J budissin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a bridge which crosses the river in , . The name can be translated as "Mayor's Bridge" from the Turkish word for mayor.

Mosque
Photo: J budissin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Emperor's Mosque is a in , . Completed in 1457 CE, it was the first mosque built after the Ottoman conquest of Bosnia. is situated 290 metres southwest of City Hall.

Mosque
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a Sunni in the city of , . Built in the 16th century, it is the largest historical mosque in Bosnia and Herzegovina and one of the most representative Ottoman structures in the Balkans. is situated 350 metres west of City Hall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Baščaršija and Bistrik.

Suburb
Photo: Dark Apostrophe, Public domain.
is 's old bazaar and the historical and cultural center of the city. It is also a local community within the municipality.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Neighborhood
Photo: Peretz Partensky, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a neighborhood, and with Koševo neighbourhood together constitute a local community of Koševo-Džidžikovac, in , .

City Hall

Latitude
43.85917° or 43° 51′ 33″ north
Longitude
18.43339° or 18° 26′ 0″ east
Levels
4
Height
20 metres (66 feet)
Open location code
8FMWVC5M+M9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 23723663
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q16831150
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“City Hall” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Վիջենիցա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vyeçnisa”
  • Belarusian: “Сараеўская ратуша”
  • Bosnian: “Gradska vijećnica Sarajevo”
  • Bosnian: “Sarajevska vijećnica”
  • Bosnian: “Vijećnica”
  • Croatian: “Gradska vijećnica u Sarajevu”
  • Estonian: “Sarajevo raekoda”
  • Finnish: “Vijećnica”
  • German: “Nationalbibliothek von Bosnien und Herzegowina”
  • German: “Rathaus Sarajevo”
  • German: “Sarajevoer Rathaus”
  • German: “Vijećnica”
  • Hungarian: “Városháza (Szarajevó)”
  • Hungarian: “Városháza”
  • Indonesian: “Vijećnica”
  • Italian: “Vijećnica”
  • Japanese: “サラエヴォ市庁舎”
  • Japanese: “サラエボ市庁舎”
  • Japanese: “図書館”
  • Polish: “Ratusz w Sarajewie”
  • Portuguese: “Vijećnica”
  • Russian: “Сараевская ратуша”
  • Serbian: “Sarajevska vijećnica”
  • Serbian: “Vijećnica (Sarajevo)”
  • Serbian: “Vijećnica Sarajevo”
  • Serbian: “Vijećnica u Sarajevu”
  • Serbian: “Vijećnica”
  • Serbian: “Вијећница (Сарајево)”
  • Serbian: “Вијећница Сарајево”
  • Serbian: “Вијећница у Сарајеву”
  • Serbian: “Вијећница”
  • Serbian: “Сарајевска вијећница”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gradska vijećnica Sarajevo”
  • Spanish: “Vijećnica”
  • Thai: “วิเยชนิตซา”
  • Turkish: “Vijecnica Kütüphanesi”
  • Turkish: “Vijećnica”
  • Ukrainian: “Ратуша Сараєво”
  • Ukrainian: “Сараєвська ратуша”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Vijećnica”
  • Welsh: “Vijećnica”

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