Sarači street is one of main pedestrian streets in

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, located in

Baščaršija Baščaršija (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Cyrillic: Башчаршија; ) is Sarajevo's old bazaar and the historical and cultural center of the city. Baščaršija was built in the 15th century when Isa-beg Ishaković founded the city. Bašča ...

, Stari Grad Municipality. Sarači street is named after ''Saraç'', a

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word for craftsmen who are making

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. Sarači street is connecting

Ferhadija street Ferhadija street is one of main pedestrian streets in Sarajevo, located in the municipalities of Centar and Stari Grad. The street is named after Ferhad-bey Vuković-Desisalić, a Bosnian sanjak-bey who lived in the 16th century. Ferhadija stre ...

on west and main square on Baščaršija on east, and entire street is

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. Numerous shops with traditional handicraft products are located in this street. It can be noticed that the passage from Sarači street into Ferhadija street is a line that separating or connecting the characteristics of the eastern and western culture inherited during the rich history, as well as the entire City of Sarajevo. Sarači street is located within "Historical City Area - Sarajevo Čaršija", which is declared in 2014 as

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History of name

This road existed as early as 1462, about which there is a trace in the vakufnama of Isa-Beg Ishaković from that year, in which this street is mentioned as a road. From 1928 to 1941, when it was connected with Ferhadija street, it was named after Prince and later King Peter II Karadjordjevic, and in 1941, old name has been restored. Together with Bazardžani street and

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, Sarači street is one of the first streets that were named in Sarajevo.

Events

On April 6 2018, day of re-opening of the

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, City Administration of Sarajevo organized exhibition of historical photos from family albums on which Sarajevo cable car is visible, named "Memories", and photos were exhibit in windows of all stores in Sarači street.

Significant buildings

Several significant buildings and institutions are located in this street and some of them are: *

Morića Han Morića Han is a han (a roadside inn) originally built in 1551 in Sarajevo, Ottoman Empire (now Bosnia and Herzegovina). After a fire in 1697 it was reconstructed in its current form. Morića Han is one of the buildings which were financed by and ...

Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque (, ) is a mosque in the city of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Built in the 16th century, it is the largest historical mosque in Bosnia and Herzegovina and one of the most representative Ottoman structures in the Balkan ...

* Gazi Husrev-beg's Museum (including Kuršumli mederesa)

References

External links

* {{Sarajevo Streets in Sarajevo Stari Grad, Sarajevo