Nijaz Duraković Park in Sarajevo

Nijaz Duraković Park, formerly and also known as Hastahana, is park located in Marijin Dvor neighborhood of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Nijaz Duraković Park
Park in 2005
LocationSarajevo
Coordinates43°51′26.59″N 18°24′36.58″E

Name

Park was named after Nijaz Duraković in May 2018, Bosnian author, intellectual, professor and politician.[1]

Name hastahana comes from Turkish word for hospital, because an old hospital built during Ottoman Empire was located on place of today's park.[2]

Events

Every years, several social events like "Summer in Hastahana Park" and "Sarajevo Holiday Market" are organized in the park.[3][4]

References
  1. "/ Sarajevo: Park Hastahana preimenovan u Trg prof. dr. Nijaza Durakovića". Faktor.ba. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  2. "Prve bolnice u BiH: Sarajevske hastahane kojih skoro više i nema (FOTO)". Radio Sarajevo. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  3. "Velikih 5 u sklopu Park kina Hastahana". omladinski.ba.
  4. "Sarajevo Holiday Market". sahm.ba. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
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