Sebilj in Sarajevo

Sebilj
Sebilj
	The Sebilj in 2016
General information
Town or city	Sarajevo
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coordinates	43°51′35″N 18°25′52″E / 43.859674°N 18.431218°E
Completed	1753
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Mehmed Pasha Kukavica born in Foča

The Sebilj is an Ottoman-style wooden fountain (sebil) in the centre of Baščaršija Square in Sarajevo built by Mehmed Pasha Kukavica in 1753. It was relocated by the Austrian architect Alexander Wittek in 1891.^[1] According to local legend, visitors who drink water from the fountain will return to Sarajevo someday.^[2]

Replicas

A multinational collaborative public arts project created a life-size contemporary interpretation of the famous public fountain and landmark in Birmingham, using traditional Bosnian design and craft techniques, combined with modern digital technology.^[3]^[4]^[5]

There is a replica of Sarajevo's Sebilj in Belgrade, Serbia, donated by the city of Sarajevo in 1989 as a gift ahead of the 9th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement.^[6]^[7] Another replica in St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States, was donated by the Bosnian community to the city of St. Louis for the city's 250th birthday.^[8] A third replica is in Novi Pazar, also a gift from the city of Sarajevo. In Bursa, Turkey a replica of Sarajevo’s Sebilj was built as a symbol of friendship between the city of Bursa and the city of Sarajevo.

In 2018, another replica of the Sebilj was completed in the town of Rožaje, Montenegro.

References

^ Clancy, Tim (2007). Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Bradt Travel Guide. ISBN 9781841621616.
^ Steves, Rick; Hewitt, Cameron (10 July 2018). Rick Steves Croatia & Slovenia. ISBN 9781641710060.
^ "Sebilj: An Arabic word for a kiosk-shaped public fountain". www.newgenerationarts.co.uk. Archived from the original on January 7, 2009.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-06. Retrieved 2009-04-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ http://www.axisweb.org/seWork.aspx?WORKID=59622^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Tourist Organization of Belgrade – Sebilj Fountain Archived 2013-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
^ n.a. (n.d.). "Sebilj na Skadarliji". Nesvrstani.rs, Museum of African Art, Belgrade. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
^ St. Louis Bosnians -

External links

[1] Clancy, Tim (2007). Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Bradt Travel Guide. ISBN 9781841621616.

[2] Steves, Rick; Hewitt, Cameron (10 July 2018). Rick Steves Croatia & Slovenia. ISBN 9781641710060.

[3] "Sebilj: An Arabic word for a kiosk-shaped public fountain". www.newgenerationarts.co.uk. Archived from the original on January 7, 2009.

[4] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-06. Retrieved 2009-04-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[5] ttp://www.axisweb.org/seWork.aspx?WORKID=59622^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[6] Tourist Organization of Belgrade – Sebilj Fountain Archived 2013-10-15 at the Wayback Machine

[Nesvrstani.rs-Sarajevo-7] .a. (n.d.). "Sebilj na Skadarliji". Nesvrstani.rs, Museum of African Art, Belgrade. Retrieved 1 February 2024.

[8] St. Louis Bosnians -

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