Marshal Tito street, or Tito's street, is one of the main streets in
Sarajevo
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, located in the
Centar Municipality. The street is named after
Josip Broz Tito
Josip Broz ( sh-Cyrl, Јосип Броз, ; 7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980), commonly known as Tito ( ; , ), was a Yugoslavia, Yugoslav communist revolutionary and politician who served in various positions of national leadership from 1943 unti ...
, the former
President of Yugoslavia
The president of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the head of state of that country from 14 January 1953 to 4 May 1980. Josip Broz Tito was the only person to occupy the office. Tito was also concurrently President of the League ...
.
Marshal Tito street connects Mula Mustafa Bašeskija street and
Ferhadija street on the east and Zmaj od Bosne street on the west. Through this street lies the main route of
Sarajevo trams.
History of name

After the
Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The campaign to establish Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina lasted from 29 July to 20 October 1878 against the local resistance fighters, Muslims and orthodox Serbs, supported unofficially by troops of the Ottoman Empire. The Austro ...
, the section from Koševski Potok to
Baščaršija
Baščaršija (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Cyrillic: Башчаршија; ) is Sarajevo's old bazaar and the historical and cultural center of the city. Baščaršija was built in the 15th century when Isa-beg Ishaković founded the city.
Bašča ...
was called Ćemaluša, but was renamed after
Franz Ferdinand following
his assassination.
A new street was laid out in January 1919, between
Marijin Dvor and Baščaršija. First it was named after
Alexander Karađorđević, and in 1921 after
Aleksandar I Karađorđević. From 1941 to 1945, it was named after
Ante Pavelić
Ante Pavelić (; 14 July 1889 – 28 December 1959) was a Croatian politician who founded and headed the fascist ultranationalist organization known as the Ustaše in 1929 and was dictator of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH), a fasc ...
.
Its current name the street has had since 6 April 1945. In 1993, the street was bisected: The part from Marijin Dvor to the
Eternal flame
An eternal flame is a flame, lamp or torch that burns for an indefinite time. Most eternal flames are ignited and tended intentionally, but some are natural phenomena caused by natural gas leaks, peat fires and coal seam fires, all of which ca ...
remained Marshal Tito street, but the part that continues on to Baščaršija became Mula Mustafe Bašeskije street.
Significant buildings
Several significant buildings and institutions are located in this street and some of them are:
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Ali Pasha Mosque
*
Building of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Presidency Building (or the Building of the Presidency; ) is the official residence of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in the Centar Municipality of Sarajevo, in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Bosnian government departments ...
*
Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: ''Centralna banka Bosne i Hercegovine'' / Централна банка Босне и Херцеговине) is the central bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in ...
*
Landesbank für Bosnien und Herzegowina
The Landesbank für Bosnien und Herzegowina (, ) was a bank established in Sarajevo in 1895 to help finance the development of Bosnia and Herzegovina under Austro-Hungarian rule. It kept operating after the establishment of the Kingdom of Yugosl ...
building and
Eternal flame
An eternal flame is a flame, lamp or torch that burns for an indefinite time. Most eternal flames are ignited and tended intentionally, but some are natural phenomena caused by natural gas leaks, peat fires and coal seam fires, all of which ca ...
*
Čemaluša Mosque
*Napredak building
*Saint Vincent de Paul church
Events
Marshal Tito street is a popular location to organize open-air concerts and other various celebrations.
On 6 April 2012, this street was the location of the
Sarajevo Red Line
Sarajevo Red Line (''locally: Sarajevska Crvena Linija'') is the name of the memorial event organized in cooperation between the City of Sarajevo and East West Theatre Company which commemorated the Siege of Sarajevo's 20th anniversary. It was he ...
, a memorial event organized in cooperation between the
City of Sarajevo and East West Theatre Company which commemorated the
Siege of Sarajevo
The siege of Sarajevo () was a prolonged military blockade of Sarajevo, the capital of Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, during the ethnically charged Bosnian War. After it was initially besieged by Serbian forces of the Yugoslav People's Arm ...
's 20th anniversary.
References
External links
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