Tag: “Bih”
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After the Storm, Sarajevo
A view up Titova towards the Eternal Flame as the sun came out after a storm at day's end in Sarajevo. The pedestrian street veering to the right from the Eternal Flame leads to the picturesque Old Town.
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Sarajevo Market
A scene of carnage during the war, when, in 1994, a mortar shell was dropped on the marketplace. Today, it's filled with people and fresh produce.
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Sarajevo Hillside
One of Sarajevo's many minarets under stormy skies. The thin band of trees at the top of the hillside is typical of the city because the rest of the trees had to be used as firewood during the war.
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Clouds in the Valley
Clouds settling in the beautiful Sarajevo valley. The foreground cemetery is one of the many hillside reminders of the 1992-95 war.
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Across the Valley
A view across the valley from high in the hills of Sarajevo. Walkers in the city definitely get their exercise.
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Sarajevo Rose
The narrow streets and alleyways of Sarajevo crisscross the steep hills that surround the city. It's easy to get lost, but it's also great to wander aimlessly.
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Sarajevo
Sarajevo is capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, well known as a host of the 14th winter Olympic games in 1984, a multicultural city that grow up on the line of interaction between the orient and the west, preserving traces of all the empires and cultures that shifted with each other over the centuries. Assassination of Austrian Emperor Ferdinand by a Serbian terrorist in 1914 marked the start of the 1st world war.
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Identity Crisis
A collection of competing and contradictory signs outside a tourist shop in Sarajevo's Old Town.
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Sabilj Square
A view towards "pigeon square" and the Sebilj fountain in the heart of Sarajevo's Old Town.
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Blagaj
Blagaj is an astonishingly beautiful spot at the base of a cliff where the Buna river seems to flow magically from the towering rock. The water is a gorgeous blue-green, and nestled beside it is a 16th century Dervish monastery called the Tekija.
