Grbavica (Sarajevo)

This article is about a district of Sarajevo. For the 2006 film, see Grbavica (film). For other uses, see Grbavica.

Grbavica (Serbian Cyrillic: Грбавица) is a neighbourhood of the city of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Today it is part of the municipality of Novo Sarajevo and administratively distinguished between Grbavica I and Grbavica II.

Grbavica Грбавица
Neighbourhood
Residential high-rise buildings on the bank of the Miljacka river
Coordinates: 43°51′1.95″N 18°23′39.01″E
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity	Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Municipality	Novo Sarajevo
Population	12.657
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

The area was developed as a new residential neighbourhood by the authorities of Socialist Yugoslavia, on the west bank of the Miljacka river. Grbavica I, between Zagrebačka street and the Miljacka river, aside from residential buildings, hosts the Forestry Faculty of the University of Sarajevo (Šumarski Fakultet), the Kovačići Franciscan Monastery (Franjevački samostan), the Jordanian Mosque (Jordanska Džamija, 1996),^[1] three primary schools (OŠ Kovačići, OŠ Grbavica I and OŠ Grbavica II) and the Netherlands embassy. On its north-west corner, the new British Embassy Sarajevo has been built.^[2] Grbavica II, between Grbavica I and Hrasno, hosts the Grbavica Shopping Centre and the Ummu Arif Zabadne Mosque. South of Zagrebačka street are Grbavica Stadium, home of FK Željezničar, and the Catholic Church of St. Ignatius (Crkva Sv.Ignacija Lojolskog).

In popular culture

• "Grbavica" – Mladen Vojičić Tifa (1997)
• Grbavica – a film released in 2006.

Gallery

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  Serb soldiers toasting in occupied Grbavica, 1992
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  View of Grbavica, a neighbourhood of Sarajevo, after the war ended
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  Downtown Grbavica in March 1996
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  Destroyed residential buildings in Grbavica, 1996
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  The Maniacs Graffiti at Grbavica stadium
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  Panoramic view of Grbavica Stadium
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  Winter panorama of Grbavica today, with an orthodox church in the foreground and the British embassy in the background
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  Winter scene at Hamdije Čemerlića at Grbavica
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  Winter scene at Grbavica on February 5, 2012
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  Residential high-rise buildings on the side of the Miljacka river

Notable former residents

• Božo Janković

References

1. "Grbavica I Dzemat". Archived from the original on 10 July 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
2. "British Embassy Sarajevo". GOV.UK. Retrieved 6 November 2023.

External links

• Media related to Grbavica (Sarajevo) at Wikimedia Commons