Grbavica (Sarajevo)

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Grbavica ({{lang-sr-cyrl|Грбавица}}) is a neighbourhood of the city of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Today it is part of the municipality of Novo Sarajevo and administratively distinguished between Grbavica I and Grbavica II.

The area was developed as a new residential neighbourhood by the authorities of Socialist Yugoslavia, on the west bank of the Miljacka river.

Grbavica I, between Zagrebačka street and the Miljacka river, aside from residential buildings, hosts the Forestry Faculty of the University of Sarajevo (Šumarski Fakultet), the Kovačići Franciscan Monastery (Franjevački samostan), the Jordanian Mosque (Jordanska Džamija, 1996),{{Cite web |url=http://medzlis-sa.ba/grbavica-i/ |title=Grbavica I Dzemat |access-date=24 December 2015 |archive-date=10 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160710203139/http://medzlis-sa.ba/grbavica-i/ |url-status=dead }} three primary schools (OŠ Kovačići, OŠ Grbavica I and OŠ Grbavica II) and the Netherlands embassy.

On its north-west corner, the new British Embassy Sarajevo has been built.{{cite web |title=British Embassy Sarajevo |url=https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-sarajevo/office/british-embassy-front-office-chancery-political-projects-press |website=GOV.UK |access-date=6 November 2023}}

Grbavica II, between Grbavica I and Hrasno, hosts the Grbavica Shopping Centre and the Ummu Arif Zabadne Mosque. South of Zagrebačka street are Grbavica Stadium, home of FK Željezničar, and the Catholic Church of St. Ignatius (Crkva Sv.Ignacija Lojolskog).

Gallery

File:Evstafiev-bosnia-sarajevo-serbs-toast.jpg|Serb soldiers toasting in occupied Grbavica, 1992

File:Sarajevo Grbavica.JPG|View of Grbavica, a neighbourhood of Sarajevo, after the war ended

File:Sarajevo 19.3.1996 war.JPG|Downtown Grbavica in March 1996

File:Sarajevo_1996_destroyed_apartment.jpg|Destroyed residential buildings in Grbavica, 1996

File:Za_život_cijeli.JPG|The Maniacs Graffiti at Grbavica stadium

File:Panoramic view of Grbavica Stadium, Sarajevo.jpg|Panoramic view of Grbavica Stadium

File:Sarajevo Winter 2012-02-05 (5).JPG|Winter panorama of Grbavica today, with an orthodox church in the foreground and the British embassy in the background

File:Sarajevo Winter 2012-02-05 (50).jpg|Winter scene at Hamdije Čemerlića at Grbavica

File:Sarajevo Winter 2012-02-05 (67).JPG|Winter scene at Grbavica on February 5, 2012

File:Grbavica tower and Miljacka bridge.JPG|Residential high-rise buildings on the side of the Miljacka river

Notable former residents

  • Božo Janković, footballer
  • Milan Mladenović, musician{{cite web|url=https://n1info.ba/vijesti/na-zgradi-u-kojoj-je-nekada-zivio-u-sarajevu-oslikan-mural-milana-mladenovica/|title= Na zgradi u kojoj je nekada živio u Sarajevu oslikan mural Milana Mladenovića

|publisher=n1info.ba|date=30 August 2023 |accessdate=2023-08-30}}

  • Goran Čengić, handball player{{cite web|url=https://www.radiosarajevo.ba/amp/metromahala/lica/heroj-koji-je-dao-zivot-za-komsiju-na-danasnji-dan-ubijen-je-goran-cengic/500465|title= Heroj koji je dao život za komšiju: Na današnji dan ubijen je Goran Čengić

|publisher=radiosarajevo.ba|date=30 August 2023 |accessdate=2023-08-30}}

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