Grbavica ( sr-cyrl, Грбавица) is a quarter of the city of

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see names in other languages'') is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its administrative limits. The Sarajevo metropolitan area including Sarajevo ...

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...

. Today it is part of the municipality of

Novo Sarajevo Novo Sarajevo ( sr-cyrl, Ново Сарајево, ; lit. "New Sarajevo") is a municipality of the city of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Neighborhoods *'' Grbavica I'' *'' Grbavica II'' *''Pofalići I'' *''Pofalići II'' *''Velešići'' *''G ...

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 back of the

Miljacka ), Šeher-Ćehaja Bridge, Careva ćuprija, Latin Bridge (aka Principov most), Ćumurija Bridge, Drvenija Bridge, Čobanija Bridge, Festina lente bridge, Skenderija Bridge (aka Ajfelov most), Suada and Olga bridge (aka Vrbanja most) , custom ...

river. Grbavica I, between Zagrebacka ulica and the Miljacka river, besides residential building hosts the Forestry Faculty of the

University of Sarajevo The University of Sarajevo ( Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: ''Univerzitet u Sarajevu'' / Sveučilište u Sarajevu / Универзитет у Сарајеву) is a public university located in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the largest ...

(''Šumarski Fakultet''), the Kovačići Franciscan monastery (''Franjevački samostan''), the Jordanian Mosque (''Jordanska Džamija'', 1996), two primary schools (OS Kovačići, OS Grbavica I) and the Netherlands embassy. On its north-west corner the new British embassy to Bosnia and Herzegovina has been built. Grbavica II, between Grbavica I and Hrasno, hosts the Grbavica shopping centre and the Ummu Arif Zabadne mosque. South of Zagrebacka ulica are the

Grbavica Stadium Grbavica Stadium (Serbo-Croatian language, Serbo-Croatian: ''Stadion Grbavica'' / Стадион Грбавица) is located in Grbavica (Sarajevo), Grbavica, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. This football (soccer), football stadium has terrace ...

, home of

FK Željezničar FK or fk may refer to: In arts and entertainment: * Flyer Killer, fictional automated robots in the ''Terminator'' film franchise. * Fox Kids, a former American children's television programming block. * Funky Kong, a video game character. Place: ...

, 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

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

river

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