Mosque in Sarajevo
The Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque is the largest historical mosque in Bosnia, built in 1532 in the heart of Bascarsija. Free to enter outside of prayer times. The courtyard fountain, the Ottoman calligraphy, and the interior are beautiful and intimate. The adjacent madrasa and clocktower complete the complex. Budget travelers visit for free and encounter the spiritual center of a city where mosques, churches, and synagogues stand within a few hundred meters of each other.
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On foot
Free and low-cost routes that stop at Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque.
The Sarajevo Multi-Faith Walk is a self-guided route connecting four houses of worship from four religions within 500 meters of each other in the city center. Free. No other city in Europe has this concentration of religious buildings from different faiths in such a small area.
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Bascarsija is Sarajevo's Ottoman-era bazaar district, a compact grid of coppersmith lanes, mosques, and cafes serving Bosnian coffee. Free to wander.
The Latin Bridge is a small Ottoman bridge over the Miljacka River, famous as the site where Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914, triggering the First World War. Free to cross and see.
The Sacred Heart Cathedral is the largest Catholic cathedral in Bosnia, a neo-Gothic building in the center of Sarajevo. Free to enter.
The Sarajevo City Hall (Vijecnica) is a neo-Moorish building on the Miljacka River, originally built as the National Library. The building was shelled and burned during the 1992-1995 siege, destroying 2 million books and manuscripts.
The Sarajevo War Tunnel is a museum at the residential house through which a tunnel was dug to the airport during the Siege of Sarajevo. Separate from the Tunnel of Hope museum, this site preserves the family home and a section of the original 800-meter tunnel.
The Tunnel of Hope is a museum at the entrance to the tunnel that ran beneath the airport during the Siege of Sarajevo (1992-1996), the city's only connection to the outside world. Entry is a modest fee.
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