Church in Sarajevo
Also known as Sacred Heart Cathedral Sarajevo
The Sacred Heart Cathedral is the largest Catholic cathedral in Bosnia, a neo-Gothic building in the center of Sarajevo. Free to enter. The cathedral is one point in the city’s famous multi-faith quarter, where a mosque, a Catholic cathedral, an Orthodox church, and a synagogue stand within 500 meters of each other. Budget travelers visit for free and use the cathedral as a starting point for the multi-faith walk that makes Sarajevo unlike any other city in Europe.
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On foot
Free and low-cost routes that stop at Sacred Heart Cathedral.
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 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 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 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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