The Eternal flame ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Vječna vatra, Вјечна ватра) is a memorial to the military and civilian victims of the

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Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ), ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'' is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 2 ...

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. The memorial was dedicated on 6 April 1946, the first anniversary of the liberation of Sarajevo from the four-year-long occupation by

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and the fascist

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. The memorial was designed by architect Juraj Neidhardt and is located in the former Landesbank building at the center of Sarajevo at the junction of Mula Mustafa Bašeskije, Titova and Ferhadija streets. The attendees of the memorial come every April 6 to lay flowers and pay their respects in memory of liberators of the city and victims of both World War II and the 1992–1996 Siege of Sarajevo, which began around this date.

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