Festina lente
Festina lente is a pedestrian bridge over the Miljacka River in Sarajevo. The bridge is 38 meters long and features an unusual looping in the middle, suggesting slowing down and enjoying the view.Photo: sundeviljeff, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sarajevo National Theatre and ARIA.
Sarajevo National Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Slein80, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
The Sarajevo National Theatre is the largest theatre in Bosnia and Herzegovina and one of the most important cultural institutions in Southeastern Europe. Sarajevo National Theatre is situated 260 metres east of Festina lente.
ARIA
Shopping center
Photo: Stolbovsky, CC BY-SA 4.0.
ARIA Centar, formerly known as BBI Centar, is a shopping mall in the center of Sarajevo. It is one of the largest shopping malls in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with an area of 43,000 m2. ARIA is situated 240 metres north of Festina lente.
Ali Pasha Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Niegodzisie, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Ali Pasha Mosque is a mosque in the Centar neighbourhood of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was constructed during 1560–61 as a vakıf—the legacy or perpetual endowment—of Sofu Hadım Ali Pasha, an Ottoman statesman who served as the governor of the Bosnia Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire amongst other roles, after his death in September 1560. Ali Pasha Mosque is situated 430 metres northwest of Festina lente.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sarajevo and Džidžikovac.
Sarajevo
Photo: Atsirlin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sarajevo is the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and its largest city. Sarajevo is very tourist friendly, especially pedestrian area in the Old Town in the centre of the city.
Džidžikovac
Neighborhood
Photo: Peretz Partensky, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Džidžikovac is a neighborhood, and with Koševo neighbourhood together constitute a local community of Koševo-Džidžikovac, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Marijin Dvor
Suburb
Photo: Fred Romero, CC BY 2.0.
Marijin Dvor or Marindvor is a neighborhood and local community in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The neighborhood is noted for buildings from the Austro-Hungarian Empire era.
Festina lente
- Type: Bridge
- Description: Bridge over Miljacka in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Categories: footbridge and transportation
- Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
43.8563° or 43° 51′ 23″ northLongitude
18.41764° or 18° 25′ 4″ eastInception
2012Open location code
8FMWVC49+G3OpenStreetMap ID
way 475677719OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q2118712
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In Other Languages
From Bosnian to Ukrainian—“Festina lente” goes by many names.
- Bosnian: “Festina lente”
- Catalan: “Pont Festina lente (Sarajevo)”
- Catalan: “Pont Festina lente”
- Chinese: “费斯蒂纳兰特桥”
- Croatian: “Festina lente”
- French: “Festina lente”
- Greek: “Γέφυρα Festina Lente (Σεράγεβο)”
- Greek: “Γέφυρα Festina Lente”
- Italian: “Festina lente”
- Polish: “Most Festina Lente w Sarajewie”
- Serbian: “Фестина ленте (мост)”
- Serbian: “Фестина ленте”
- Spanish: “Festina lente (puente)”
- Spanish: “Festina lente”
- Thai: “แฟ็สตีนาแล็นเต”
- Ukrainian: “Festina lente (міст)”
- Ukrainian: “Festina lente”
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