Eternal flame (Sarajevo)

{{Short description|World War II memorial in Bosnia and Herzegovina}}

{{Infobox Military Memorial

|name = Eternal flame
Vječna vatra

|country = Bosnia and Herzegovina

|image = File:Sarajevo - Bosnia - War Memorial.jpg

|image_size = 200px

|caption = The Eternal flame in Sarajevo

|commemorates = The military and civilian victims of the Second World War in Sarajevo

|coordinates =

{{Coord|43|51|31.90|N|18|25|18.70|E|region:BA_type:landmark|display=it}}

|nearest_town =

|established = {{Start date|1946|04|06|df=y}}

|inscription =

}}

The Eternal flame ({{lang-sh-Latn-Cyrl|Vječna vatra|Вјечна ватра}}) is a memorial to the military and civilian victims of the Second World War in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The memorial was dedicated on 6 April 1946, the first anniversary of the liberation of Sarajevo from the four-year-long occupation by Nazi Germany and the fascist Independent State of Croatia.

The memorial was designed by architect Juraj Neidhardt and is located in the former Landesbank building at the center of Sarajevo at the junction of Mula Mustafa Bašeskije, Titova and Ferhadija streets.{{Cite web |url=http://sarajevo.travel/en/things-to-do/vjecna-vatra-eternal-flame/483 |title=Vječna Vatra (Eternal Flame) |website=sarajevo.travel}}

The attendees of the memorial come every April 6 to lay flowers and pay their respects in memory of liberators of the city and victims of both World War II and the 1992–1996 Siege of Sarajevo, which began around this date.{{cite news |url=https://avaz.ba/vijesti/bih/732025/pocelo-obiljezavanje-dana-grada-sarajeva-delegacije-polozile-cvijece-na-spomenik-vjecna-vatra |title=Počelo obilježavanje Dana grada Sarajeva, delegacije položile cvijeće na spomenik Vječna vatra |trans-title=The commemoration of Sarajevo City Day began, delegations laid flowers on the Eternal flame monument |newspaper=Dnevni avaz |date=6 April 2022 |access-date=5 May 2023}}