Grbavica ( sr-cyrl, Грбавица) is a neighbourhood of the city of

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. Today it is part of the municipality of

Novo Sarajevo Novo Sarajevo (Ново Сарајево, ; lit. 'New Sarajevo') is a municipality of the city of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Neighborhoods *'' Grbavica I'' *'' Grbavica II'' *''Pofalići I'' *''Pofalići II'' *''Velešići'' *''Gornji Vele ...

and administratively distinguished between Grbavica I and Grbavica II. The area was developed as a new residential neighbourhood by the authorities of

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, on the west bank of the

Miljacka The Miljacka ( sr-Cyrl, Миљацка) is a river in Bosnia and Herzegovina that passes through Sarajevo. Numerous city bridges have been built to cross it. Characteristics The Miljacka river originates from the confluence of the Paljanska Mi ...

river. Grbavica I, between Zagrebačka street and the Miljacka river, aside from residential buildings, hosts the Forestry Faculty of the

University of Sarajevo The University of Sarajevo (Bosnian language, Bosnian, Croatian language, Croatian and Serbian language, Serbian: ''Univerzitet u Sarajevu'' / Sveučilište u Sarajevu / Универзитет у Сарајеву) is a List of universities in Bo ...

(''Šumarski Fakultet''), the Kovačići Franciscan Monastery (''Franjevački samostan''), the Jordanian Mosque (''Jordanska Džamija'', 1996), 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. 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

File:Evstafiev-bosnia-sarajevo-serbs-toast.jpg, Serb soldiers toasting in occupied Grbavica, 1992 File:Sarajevo Grbavica.JPG, View of Grbavica, a neighbourhood of Sarajevo, after the war ended File:Sarajevo 19.3.1996 war.JPG, Downtown Grbavica in March 1996 File:Sarajevo_1996_destroyed_apartment.jpg, Destroyed residential buildings in Grbavica, 1996 File:Za_život_cijeli.JPG, The Maniacs Graffiti at Grbavica stadium File:Panoramic view of Grbavica Stadium, Sarajevo.jpg, Panoramic view of Grbavica Stadium File:Sarajevo Winter 2012-02-05 (5).JPG, Winter panorama of Grbavica today, with an orthodox church in the foreground and the British embassy in the background File:Sarajevo Winter 2012-02-05 (50).jpg, Winter scene at Hamdije Čemerlića at Grbavica File:Sarajevo Winter 2012-02-05 (67).JPG, Winter scene at Grbavica on February 5, 2012 File:Grbavica tower and Miljacka bridge.JPG, Residential high-rise buildings on the side of the

river

Notable former residents

* Božo Janković, footballer * Milan Mladenović, musician * Goran Čengić, handball player * Mladen Vojičić Tifa, musician

References

External links

* {{Authority control Neighbourhoods in Grad Sarajevo Novo Sarajevo Populated places in the Sarajevo Canton