Sebilj in Sarajevo

Sebilj
Sebilj in 2016 after main square reconstruction in 2015.
General information
Town or city Sarajevo
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coordinates 43°51′35″N 18°25′52″E / 43.859674°N 18.431218°E / 43.859674; 18.431218
Completed 1753
Design and construction
Architect Mehmed Pasha Kukavica

The Sebilj is a Ottoman-style wooden fountain (sebil) in the centre of Baščaršija square in Sarajevo built by Mehmed Pasha Kukavica in 1753. It was relocated by Austrian architect Alexander Wittek in 1891.[1]

Replicas

A multi-national collaborative public arts project created a life-size contemporary interpretation of the famous public fountain and landmark in Birmingham, using traditional Bosnian design and craft techniques and combined with modern digital technology.[2][3][4]

There is a replica of Sarajevo's Sebilj in Belgrade, Serbia, donated by the city of Sarajevo in 1989.[5] Another replica in St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States, was donated by the Bosnian community to the city of St. Louis for the city's 250th birthday.[6] A third replica is in Novi Pazar, also a gift from the city of Sarajevo.

References

  1. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=-WIEYZ-SMHEC&pg=PA116
  2. ↑ http://www.newgenerationarts.co.uk/nga-news/sebilj-an-arabic-word-for-a-kiosk-shaped-public-fo/ Archived January 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-06. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
  4. ↑ http://www.axisweb.org/seWork.aspx?WORKID=59622%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  5. ↑ Tourist Organization of Belgrade – Sebilj Fountain Archived 2013-10-15 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ St. Louis Bosnians -
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