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Turns out, they were smarter than your average bear. The Serbs did firebomb the National Bosnian Library destroying a thousand years of history.
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This Islamic Library is very cool - and named after kind of the founder of Sarajevo (there were small settlements before, but he turned it into the Capital of Bosnia inside the Ottoman Empire). Much of the city is due to him.
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The new Library is right next to the Gazi Husrev Bey old home now Museum |
The House/Museum facade |
The breezeway between the street /Library and Museum To the left are "exhibition" manuscripts. The Library is to the right. |
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Gazu Husrev Mosque - the largest in Sarajevo (and one of the most traditionally beautiful outside the Middle East) is across the street |
This is Gazi Husrev's resting place in the Mosque's next door courtyard |